单词 | water my chickens |
释义 | > as lemmaswater my chickens (come cluck) ΚΠ 1749 Thrush 48 Who said my Child was piss'd all? Come water my Chickens, come clock.] 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xii. 210 One fault brought me into another after it, like Water my chickens come clock. 1844 C. Long Sir Roland Ashton II. i. 11 To proceed—after the manner of the old hen in ‘Water my chickens’, (how I should like to play at that game once more in my life) I ask, what is the ‘crochet’ work for? 1876 M. A. Mackarness Young Lady's Bk. 271 They..sing the following words as they advance towards the old woman: ‘Water my chickens, come, cluck! cluck! cluck!’ < as lemmas |
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