| 单词 | one-armed paper-hanger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone-armed paper-hanger one-armed paper-hanger n. U.S. slang as a type of a very busy person; esp. in busy as a one-armed paper-hanger. ΚΠ 1908 ‘O. Henry’ Gentle Grafter 232 And then I got as busy as a one-armed man with the nettle-rash pasting on wall-paper.] 1918 R. J. Casey Jrnl. 10 Oct. in Cannoneers have Hairy Ears 224 Still working like a one-armed paper-hanger for one division or another. 1969 New Yorker 12 Apr. 80/2 ‘We'll be as busy as one-armed paperhangers,’ says Lind. 1997 Commentary Apr. 53/1 Above all, like the one-armed paper-hanger of old, he rushes around attempting to deal with exceptions to his general theory. < as lemmas |
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