| 单词 | hog shearing |
| 释义 | > as lemmashog shearing hog shearing n. now rare the shearing of a pig, used figuratively as the type of a pointless activity; fuss about nothing (see great (also much) cry and little wool at cry n. Phrases 1). ΚΠ 1662 E. Martin Opinion v. 95 [The] hideous cry of Hoggshearing, where..wee have a great deal of noise, and no Wooll. 1665 J. Locke in Life & Lett. (1858) 21 Here hog-shearing is much in its glory, and our disputing in Oxford comes as far short of it as the rhetoric of Carfax does that of Billingsgate. 1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl I. xvi. 231 Here's a pretty upshot to your valours! Much cry and little wool, like the Devil's hog-shearing at Christmas. 1956 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 2 May s25/1 The people didn't look like anybody you'd invite to a hog shearing. < as lemmas |
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