| 单词 | chuck-and-chance-it |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschuck-and-chance-it d. chuck-and-chance-it: a derisive phrase used attributively to describe wet-fly fishing. Π 1886 Longman's Mag. June 221 So let us return to the good Northern plan of ‘chuck and chance it’, wet. The use of the dry fly is a Utopian dream. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 12 May 3/2 A large proportion of anglers..regard with un~merited contempt that which they are pleased to miscall the ‘Chuck-and-chance-it system’. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 3/1 Agreeing to scoff at every wet-fly angler as a mere chuck-and-chance-it angler. < as lemmas |
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