sodnoun
uk/sɒd/us/sɑːd/sod noun (PERSON)
[ C ] UK offensive something or someone considered unpleasant or difficult:
Apparently he's a sod to work for.
What did you do that for, you stupid sod?
It was a sod of a car to repair.
[ C ] UK offensive a person:
He's won again - the lucky sod!
The poor old sod - I don't suppose he's got a home.
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Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- intruder
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- roadman
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- twat
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
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People in general
sod noun (GRASS)
[ S or C ] a rectangular piece that has been cut from an area of grass:
He worked fast, cutting and slicing the turf neatly, heaving the sod to one side.
[ S ] literary soil or ground:
She sleeps beneath the sod (= she is dead and has been buried).
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Common plants
- African violet
- aloe
- aloe vera
- anise
- aspidistra
- cow parsley
- crabgrass
- deadly nightshade
- fenugreek
- fern
- poinsettia
- pot plant
- prickly pear
- Queen Anne's lace
- rubber plant
- tumbleweed
- turves
- Venus flytrap
- wheat
- yucca
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Soil
Idiom(s)
not care/give a sod
sodexclamation
uk/sɒd/us/sɑːd/also sod it! UK offensiveused to express anger:
Oh sod it - I've left my glasses behind!