| 释义 |
‖ mafeesh, a. and int.|məˈfiːʃ|
Also mafish, mefeesh.
[ad. colloq. Eastern Arab. mā fī-š there is nothing.]
(See quot. 1925.)
1855R. F. Burton Pilgrimage to El-Medinah & Meccah I. i. 11 When a little boy, presuming that the occasion might possibly open the hand of generosity, looked in my face and exclaimed ‘Bakhshish’, he obtained in reply ‘Mafish’; which convinced the bystanders that the sheep-skin contained a real sheep. 1897A. Conan Doyle Tragedy of Korosko (1898) viii. 225 ‘But what..about the three ladies?’ The black soldier shrugged his shoulders. ‘Mefeesh!’ [‘Mafeesh!’, 1897 serial publ.] said he. ‘One of them is old, and..there are plenty more women if we get back to Egypt.’ 1916C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick (1918) 135 Mafeesh, finish; I am finished. 1919W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 32 Mafish.., finish, finished. 1924Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 318 As soon as he reached the place it was mafeesh with him, as usual... You never noticed him. Ibid. 320 House, two ricks an' stable mafeesh, the big glasshouse with every pane smashed. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 150 Mafeesh, (Arabic). Dead. Done with. Finished. Used colloquially everywhere on Eastern Fronts... It had other meanings: ‘I can't’, ‘I know’, ‘Get out’, ‘Go to hell’, [etc.]. 1931T. R. G. Lyell Slang 497 Mafeesh, old lad—nothing doing! I gave away the last of them a week ago. |