| 释义 |
dumb cluck, ˈdumb-cluck slang (orig. U.S.).
[f. dumb a. 7 b + cluck n. 5.]
A dull or stupid person; a fool.
1929,1931[see cluck n.]. 1934J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice vi. 59 This Greek had had a fracture of the skull, and a thing like that don't happen to a dumb cluck like him every day. 1939C. Morley Kitty Foyle 164 They're just dumb clucks, and they haven't any ambition to go off on their own. 1944Coast to Coast 1943 125 She had to get up and speak, and tell these dumb-cluck women they'd just got to pull their weight. 1945D. Wheatley Man who missed War vi. 62 Do I look the kind of dumb-cluck who would be wastin' her time joy-ridin' in this boat instead of gettin' her a liner? 1958Economist 1 Nov., There emerges an elite of Top People (no longer encumbered with hereditarily privileged dumb-clucks) in the 140-and-up IQ range. 1960O. Manning Great Fortune ii. 15 For the last half-hour I've been telling these dumb clucks to find me a bloke who can speak English. |