单词 | put lead in one's pencil |
释义 | put lead in one's pencilEnhance or restore sexual vigor, as in Try one of these hot peppers; that'll put lead in your pencil. This phrase, a euphemism for causing an erection, is considered far more vulgar than the contemporary synonym put hair on one's chest, alluding to a secondary male sex characteristic. [Colloquial; c. 1900] Words nearby put lead in one's pencilput into practice, put into words, Putin, Vladimir, put it mildly, put it to, put lead in one's pencil, putlog, put money on, Putnam, Putnam-Dana syndrome, putoff 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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