| 单词 | in a bad skin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a bad skin P11. colloquial. in a bad skin: in a bad mood or temper. Also in a good skin: in a good mood. Now chiefly English regional and historical. ΚΠ 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) at Skin In a bad skin, out of temper, in an ill humour. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) 137 Good-mind, Good-skin... They both express good humour. Ex...‘he is in a bad skin to-day’. 1863 C. G. Rowe Fisherman's Niece iii. 33 ‘You don't seem in a good skin, brother, tonight,’ said Jenny's aunt. 1911 B. Swift Old Dance Master xvi. 258 If it ain't stilton, if it ain't fit to put a feller in a good skin, and if I don't love 'er as 'ard as a 'ammer, I'll be shot! 1929 F. Manning Middle Parts of Fortune I. vii. 152 I have been in a bad skin ever since we left Sand-pits. 1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 121/2 He's in a bad skin s'morning, 'e's got out o' bed the wrong side. 2003 M. Jennings Let Loose Dogs xxxii. 208 I was still in a bad skin. What I said didn't mean anything. < as lemmas |
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