英语词汇“to watch a person's watergate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to watch a person's watergate

†2. Scottish. The action of urinating. Only in to watch a person's watergate (figurative): to wait until a person is at a disadvantage (see quot. 1882 for a theory on the origin of the phrase). Obsolete. rare.

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1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 396 I'll watch your Watergate. That is, I'll watch for an Advantage over you.

1882 J. Longmuir & D. Donaldson Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (rev. ed.) IV Watergate, The act of voiding urine. ‘I'll watch your watergate;’..This seems to refer to a man's turning his face to the wall for a certain purpose, when an enemy might easily take his advantage.]

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单词	to watch a person's watergate
释义	> as lemmas to watch a person's watergate †2. Scottish. The action of urinating. Only in to watch a person's watergate (figurative): to wait until a person is at a disadvantage (see quot. 1882 for a theory on the origin of the phrase). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 396 I'll watch your Watergate. That is, I'll watch for an Advantage over you. 1882 J. Longmuir & D. Donaldson Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (rev. ed.) IV Watergate, The act of voiding urine. ‘I'll watch your watergate;’..This seems to refer to a man's turning his face to the wall for a certain purpose, when an enemy might easily take his advantage.] extracted from watergaten.¹ < as lemmas
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