Augean stable

noun

: a condition or place marked by great accumulation of filth or corruption

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Augean stable most often appears in the phrase "clean the Augean stable," which usually means "clear away corruption" or "perform a large and unpleasant task that has long called for attention." Augeas, the mythical king of Elis, kept great stables that held 3,000 oxen and had not been cleaned for thirty years - until Hercules was assigned the job. Hercules accomplished this task by causing two rivers to run through the stables. The word Augean is sometimes used by itself, too - it has come to mean "extremely difficult and usually distasteful." We can refer to "Augean tasks," "Augean labor," or even "Augean clutter."

Augean stables

noun

plural of Augean stable

as in sinks

a place of great vice and corruption as a gubernatorial candidate he claimed that the state capitol was an Augean stable that desperately needed to be cleaned out

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单词	Augean stables
释义	Augean stable noun : a condition or place marked by great accumulation of filth or corruption Did you know? Augean stable most often appears in the phrase "clean the Augean stable," which usually means "clear away corruption" or "perform a large and unpleasant task that has long called for attention." Augeas, the mythical king of Elis, kept great stables that held 3,000 oxen and had not been cleaned for thirty years - until Hercules was assigned the job. Hercules accomplished this task by causing two rivers to run through the stables. The word Augean is sometimes used by itself, too - it has come to mean "extremely difficult and usually distasteful." We can refer to "Augean tasks," "Augean labor," or even "Augean clutter." Synonyms cesspool Gomorrah sink See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences as a gubernatorial candidate he claimed that the state capitol was an Augean stable that desperately needed to be cleaned out Word History First Known Use 1610, in the meaning defined above Augean stables noun plural of Augean stable as in sinks a place of great vice and corruption as a gubernatorial candidate he claimed that the state capitol was an Augean stable that desperately needed to be cleaned out Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance sinks Gomorrahs dumps cesspools holes pigpens tenderloins pigsties dens hellholes
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Augean stable

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