| 单词 | demob happy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdemob happy demob happy adj. deliriously excited or elated because of (impending) release from a job, assignment, posting, etc.In later use sometimes implying waning interest or commitment as a period of work, etc., comes to an end. ΚΠ 1958 J. P. Masterton in R. A. Hamilton Ventures to Arctic viii. 140 Everybody was ‘demob-happy’, packing up equipment and itching to go home. 1974 Guardian 11 Jan. 9/2 Apparently the American car industry is half-drunk, half-drugged and generally one degree under on Mondays, demob-happy on Fridays. 1982 Financial Times (Nexis) 30 July 12 I do not expect much to come of all this as demob-happy MPs come to the summer recess. 2002 J. Cartwright White Lightning iii. 18 He is moving on to a Jane Austen after this, with a proper budget, and he is demob happy. < as lemmas |
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