| 释义 |
Bob's-a-dying dial.
Also in contracted form bobsy-die (quots. are N.Z.).
A great fuss; pandemonium.
1829W. N. Glascock Sailors & Saints II. iv. 80 Nothing but dining, and dancing, and Bob's-a-dying on deck from daylight till dark. 1872Hardy Under Greenw. Tree I. ii. vi. 204 She used to kick up Bob's-a-dying at the least thing in the world. 1876― Ethelberta Sequel II. 309 She threatened to run away from him, and kicked up Bob's-a-dying, and I don't know what all. 1892R. O. Heslop Northumb. Words I. 72 ‘What a Bob's-a-dying they made!’ means ‘What a row they kicked up’. 1940N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys (1941) xvi. 251 If she's right..it plays Bobs-a-dying with the whole blooming case. 1952Here & Now (N.Z.) II. iv. 25 Or Dido kicked up quite such bobsy-die If she had had a squint in her left eye. 1960T. McLean Kings of Rugby vii. 50 By generally kicking up bobsy-die. |