| 单词 | pig's breakfast |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspig's breakfast pig's breakfast n. colloquial something unattractive or unappetizing; a mess, a muddle (cf. dog's breakfast n. at dog n.1 Compounds 3d). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [noun] > something which disgusts slime1585 ipecacuanhaa1763 nastiness1831 sickener1853 disgustant1866 muck1882 pig's breakfast1933 ick1947 yuck1966 merde1968 scuzz1968 turn-off1975 put-off1977 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 9 Sept. 15/7 Two may possibly be Canterbury expressions..(1) As rough as a bag. (2) As rough as a pig's breakfast. 1947 K. M. Wells Owl Pen xvi. 95 Bits of charred wood, charcoal, old leaves and wood ash floated there in the midst of an uninviting looking white scum. It looked like poor porridge, a pig's breakfast to us. 2004 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 5 May a18 Europe usually made a pig's breakfast of the American ideas it adopted, good or bad. < as lemmas |
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