| 单词 | nigger in the woodpile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnigger in the woodpile nigger in the woodpile n. (and variants) [see etymological note] a concealed motive or unknown factor affecting a situation in an adverse way. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] > hidden tendency or activity under-water1618 undercurrent1792 undertow1817 underplay1845 underswell1849 nigger in the fence1850 nigger in the woodpile1852 underflow1854 —— in the woodpile1857 undernote1857 undertone1861 underdrift1891 under-belly1962 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of > hidden pitfallc1390 wevet1499 a pad in the straw1530 shelf1560 trapfall1596 snake1611 trapdoor1648 mantrap1798 death-trap1828 nigger in the woodpile1852 —— in the woodpile1857 1843 D. Emmett 'Twill nebber do to gib it up So! (sheet music) 2 Nigger on de wood-pile barkin like a dog.] 1852 in Kansas Hist. Q. (1942) 11 235 No ‘nigger in the wood pile’ here..; white men are at the bottom of this speculation. 1876 Congress. Rec. 4 Aug. 5153/1 If some one should say..that there was some ‘nigger in the wood-pile’, some ‘cat in the bag’, some motive to actuate me. 1897 Congress. Rec. 18 Feb. App. 61/1 Like a great many others ignorant of facts, he finds ‘a nigger in the wood pile’ where there is neither wood pile nor nigger. 1911 W. Wilson in Outlook 11 Aug. 944 If you go through the schedules you will find some nigger in every wood pile. 1930 Cambr. Daily News 24 Sept. 7/6 Unless..there is a nigger in the wood pile,..the shares ought to be worth a mild flutter at round 8s. 6d. 1952 A. Christie They do it with Mirrors xii. 109 Well now, let's have your point of view. Who's the nigger in the woodpile? The G.I. husband? 1960 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 8 This seems to be the nigger in the woodpile—the woodpile being an industrial recovery and activity remarkable by any standard. 1990 N.Y. Times 11 Jan. b1/1 He suggested to a racially mixed audience in Brooklyn that critics of government were ‘always looking for a nigger in the woodpile’. < as lemmas |
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