单词 | no good to gundy |
释义 | > as lemmasno good to Gundy f. Australian. no good to Gundy: of no use or advantage whatsoever; no good at all. ΚΠ 1906 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Dec. 14/1 Re..origin and meaning of..‘No good to gundy’. ‘Gundy’ is a corruption of a Welsh word meaning to steal, shake, pinch, or hook, and the expression simply means that a thing is not worth stealing. 1915 Truth (Sydney) 24 Jan. 11/8 Five or six drinks ain't no good to Gundy. 1955 N. Pulliam I traveled Lonely Land 324 ‘Just another Canb'ra,’ they tell you. ‘Worthless, absolutely no good to Gundy.’ 1968 S. Gore Holy Smoke 35 ‘This is no good to gundy,’ they say. 1989 D. Holman Beauty & Beast i. i, in No Worries 117 He's no good to gundy. And never will be. < as lemmas |
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