| 释义 |
kid-stakes, kidstakes Austral. and N.Z. slang.|ˈkɪdsteɪks|
Also kidsteaks.
[Cf. kid n.5]
Humbug, pretence.
1916C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke 124 Kid stakes, pretence. 1919W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 30 Kid-stakes, insincere flattery; inveiglement; a wheedling or deceitful speech or action. 1922A. Wright Colt from Country 201 ‘It was no kid stakes,’ declared Bucks. ‘The old man had the roll ready.’ 1945G. Casey Downhill is Easier 138 All his kidstakes during the afternoon had probably been caused by his jealousy of Peter South. 1949F. Sargeson I saw in Dream ii. xiv. 154 But it looked as if it was all kidsteaks. 1960A. Kimmins Lugs O'Leary ii. 17 This isn't kid-stakes... This is deadly serious. |