单词 | mixed bag |
释义 | mixed bagn. a. An assortment of game killed while hunting. Cf. bag n. 9. ΚΠ 1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia xvi. 417 There was an immense quantity of large game, and I made a mixed bag of elephants, hippopotami, buffaloes, rhinoceros, giraffes, and great numbers of the large antelopes. 1895 Littell's Living Age 24 Aug. 500/1 The chance of a small mixed bag, perhaps including some of the rarer wild fowl. 2002 Woodcock Scent in uk.rec.shooting.game (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Jan. We had a mixed bag of woodcock and snipe during the day and widgeon during the evening flight. b. A diverse or heterogeneous assortment of people or things. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture hotchpotc1405 hodge-podgec1426 omnigatherum?a1430 mishmashc1475 peasemeala1525 omnium gatherum1530 mingle1548 hotchpotch1549 mingle-mangle1549 gallimaufry1551 rhapsody1574 sauce-medley1579 pell-mellc1586 linsey-woolsey1592 wilderness1594 brewage1599 motley1609 macaronic1611 medley1618 olla podridaa1635 farragoa1637 consarcination1640 porridge1642 olio1645 bisque1653 mélange1653 hash1660 jumble1661 farrage1698 capilotade1705 jargon1710 salmagundi1761 pasticcio1785 pea meal1789 ollapod1804 mixty-maxty1818 macédoine1820 ragbag1820 haggis1822 job lot1828 allsorts1831 conglomerate1837 pot-pourri1841 chow-chow1850 breccia1873 pastiche1873 macaroni1884 mixed bag1919 casserole1930 mixed bunch1958 rattle-bag1982 mulligan1993 1919 F. M. Duncan Insect Pests iii. 48 It will be with quite a mixed ‘bag’ of foes that the enthusiastic hunter [sc. a gardener] will return. 1925 Econ. Jrnl. 35 617 It is a mixed bag: ephemeral narratives.., short essays [etc.]. 1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger v. 46 This mixed bag began, not ill-naturedly, to re-arrange itself in the seating. 1989 Dirty Linen Spring 12/2 The musicians on this recording are a mixed bag of English and Indian players. 1994 Denver Post 8 Feb. a1/2 President Clinton's 1995 budget plan delivered a mixed bag of gains and pains to Colorado yesterday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1867 |
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