| 单词 | mutton dressed as lamb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmutton dressed as lamb P2. British colloquial (derogatory). mutton dressed as lamb and variants: an ageing woman who is dressed or made up as if much younger. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > [phrase] > older woman dressed in young style mutton dressed as lamb1811 the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] > dressed as young mutton dressed as lamb1811 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > one who dissembles a wolf in a lamb's skin, in sheep's clothingc1460 figurea1513 seemera1616 fop1755 mutton dressed as lamb1811 comedian1893 faux bonhomme1916 1811 F. Calvert Jrnl. May in Irish Beauty (1911) 177 ‘Girl!’ answered he, ‘Girls are not to my taste. I don't like lamb; but mutton dressed like lamb!’ 1845 R. S. Surtees Hillingdon Hall I. x. 116 A Madonna-shaped front plastered down each side of her forehead—‘Mutton, dressed lamb fashion,’ as Mrs. Jorrocks observed. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 395 Look at young Davies makin' an ass of himself over mutton-dressed-as-lamb old enough to be his mother! 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon xv. 307 Aggie Twitterton. Runs arter 'im like an old cat... At 'er age! Mutton dressed as lamb. 1967 V. S. Naipaul Mimic Men i. iii. 41 Our middle-aged ladies, mutton dressed as lamb, as our barman says. 1995 O. Clark Diary 17 Mar. (1998) 378 Don't like Miss Shere Hite. She's a feminist mutton dressed as lamb without even eye-make-up. < as lemmas |
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