| 单词 | a shag on a rock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa shag on a rock b. transferred. a shag on a rock: used in various Australian colloquial phrases as a type of the isolated or exposed. ΚΠ 1845 R. Howitt Impressions Austral. Felix 233 ‘Poor as a bandicoot’, ‘miserable as a shag on a rock’, &c.; these and others I very frequently heard them make. 1929 J. Raeside Golden Days 16 The flood waters did not subside, and we were there like three shags on a rock. 1971 D. Ireland Unknown Industr. Prisoner 275 It's easy enough to curse England. Leaving us out here like a shag on a rock. < as lemmas |
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