panier de crabesn.

Brit.

/ˌpanjeɪ də ˈkrab/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɑnjeɪ də ˈkrɑb/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French panier de crabes.

Etymology: < French panier de crabes (1936 or earlier in this sense), literally ‘basket of crabs’ < French panier basket (see pannier n.¹ + de de prep. + crabes , plural of crabe crab n.¹Not fully naturalized in English.

literary.

An arena of fierce or ruthless rivalry; a rat race; (also) a dangerously controversial topic.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > struggle to maintain position in life or work

rat race1937

panier de crabes1951

1951 ELH 18 255 One shudders a little at reopening the question of the hero, that panier de crabes of Shakespearean criticism.

1963 Economist 30 Mar. 1218/2 The visitor is..not able to move around in this communist panier de crabes.

1979 Dædalus Summer 137 In what the French would term the panier de crabes of sixteenth century Toledan society.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	panier de crabes
释义	panier de crabesn. Brit. /ˌpanjeɪ də ˈkrab/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑnjeɪ də ˈkrɑb/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French panier de crabes. Etymology: < French panier de crabes (1936 or earlier in this sense), literally ‘basket of crabs’ < French panier basket (see pannier n.¹ + de de prep. + crabes , plural of crabe crab n.¹Not fully naturalized in English. literary. An arena of fierce or ruthless rivalry; a rat race; (also) a dangerously controversial topic. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > struggle to maintain position in life or work rat race1937 panier de crabes1951 1951 ELH 18 255 One shudders a little at reopening the question of the hero, that panier de crabes of Shakespearean criticism. 1963 Economist 30 Mar. 1218/2 The visitor is..not able to move around in this communist panier de crabes. 1979 Dædalus Summer 137 In what the French would term the panier de crabes of sixteenth century Toledan society. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1951
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