| 单词 | as dull as ditch-water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas dull as ditch-water The stagnant, stale, or foul water which collects in a ditch. Chiefly in the phrases: †as digne as ditch-water (see digne adj. 4); †as light (i.e. easy) as ditch-water.; as dull as ditch-water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > still or standing water > [noun] > in ditch ditch-waterc1394 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > extremely over-tedious1483 as dull as ditch-water1844 Dryasdustic1862 Dryasdust1872 Dryasdustish1890 c1394 P. Pt. Crede 375 Þey ben digne as dich water þat dogges in bayteþ. ?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 8 Þen worch forth in þe oþer figurys till þou come to þe ende, for it is lyght as dyche water. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci ii. i. 24 Ditch water, and the fever-stricken flesh Of buffaloes. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. Introd. Ep. 26 The people..are as ‘dull as ditch-water’. 1892 ‘G. Travers’ Mona Maclean I. xiv. 203 I find them as dull as ditch-water! < as lemmas |
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