| 单词 | not worth a louse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot worth a louse b. In phrases and proverbs (mostly obsolete), chiefly as a type of something worthless or contemptible, as not worth a louse, not to care (three skips of) a louse. †to prick a louse, to be a tailor. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > utterly to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, (etc.) at, by, ofc1374 not to set at a glovec1430 not to care (three skips of) a lousea1592 to have no use for1596 to have no (a lot of, etc.) time for1901 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (intransitive)] > be a tailor or work as a tailor to prick a lousea1592 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > of no worth of no valure1483 not worth a whistlea1529 not worth a lousea1592 not worth shucks1843 a1592 R. Greene Alcida (1617) sig. I2 Lest thy..Logike prooue not worth a lowse. 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) i. iv, in Wks. I. 15 Care 'll kill a cat, vp-tailes all, and a louse for the hang-man. 1630 Articles against Durham Innovators in J. Cosin Corr. (1869) I. xc. 161 Many yeares before John Cosin could tell how to prick a lowse in his fathers shopp at Norwich. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub ii. ii. 64 in Wks. (1640) III I care not, I, Sir, not three skips of a Lowse for you. View more context for this quotation 1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion iv. 50 The very Poets themselves that were wont to stand in awe of me, care not a louse for me now. 1709 J. Swift Mrs. Harris's Petition in Baucis & Philemon (new ed.) 12 'Tis not that I value the Mony Three Skips of a Louse. 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 12 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1395 I..don't care a louse if I never see it again. 1786 R. Burns Poems 58 When the best wark-lume i' the house..Is instant made no worth a louse. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xii. 180 I say, Mr. Gossett, have you got the spirit of a louse? < as lemmas |
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