| 单词 | a whore in church |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa whore in (also at) church P3. a whore in (also at) church: used (usually in similes) to convey the experience of being noticeably out of place or uncomfortable in a particular situation, environment, or event. Cf. like a whore at a christening at christening n. Phrases. ΚΠ 1720 E. Ward Delights of Bottle i. 19 What's Musick but a fulsome sound, That cloys, except the Glass goes round? And makes us duller than a Whore At Church, by that time Psalms are o'er. 1942 H. Matthews River-bottom Boy 94 You're nervous as a whore in church. 1973 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Advance-Titan 6 Dec. 20/2 Boy, it's hot up here. I'm sweating like a whore in church. 2001 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 17 Aug. Being a realist painter in the 1970s was like ‘being a whore in church,’ says artist John Carroll Doyle. You kept your mouth shut and hoped no one would notice. < as lemmas |
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