| 单词 | chickenshit |
| 释义 | chickenshit[ chik-uhn-shit ] / ˈtʃɪk ənˌʃɪt / nounboring or annoying details or unimportant tasks. adjectiveobsessed with petty details. menial or petty. cowardly or fainthearted. Origin of chickenshit1945–50; Americanism Words nearby chickenshitchickenpox, chickenpox immune globulin (human), chickenpox virus, chicken run, chickens come home to roost, chickenshit, chicken snake, chicken switch, chicken tetrazzini, chicken turtle, chicken wire Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with chickenshitchicken shit Contemptibly petty or insignificant. For example, He has spent his life making up chicken shit rules that nobody follows anyway. This expression gained currency during World War II, when it was often applied to the enforcement of petty and disagreeable military regulations. [Vulgar slang; c. 1930] Cowardly, as in You're not too chicken shit to come along, are you? [Vulgar slang; mid-1940s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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