单词 | not worth a pudding |
释义 | > as lemmasnot worth a pudding P1. British colloquial. not worth a pudding: of little or no worth. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1546 G. Joye Refut. Byshop Winchesters Derke Declar. f. xliiiiv And as for your vayne replicacion of no graunt,..it is not worth a podyng. 1577 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture (new ed.) sig. D.iij But in the ende his peeuish pryde, makes all not worth a pudding. 1602 N. Breton Wonders Worth Hearing sig. D2v These youths of the parish, that are so spruse in their apparell, haue little money in their purses, and their verses and their tales, are not worth a pudding for our trade. 1746 J. Swift Misc. XI. 244 Here's Half-pence in plenty, For one you'll have twenty, Tho' Thousands are not worth a Pudden. < as lemmas |
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