单词 | pig's eye |
释义 | > as lemmas(in a) pig's eye (also ear, arse) P13. colloquial (chiefly North American and Australian). (in a) pig's eye (also ear, arse): used as a derisive retort expressing emphatic disbelief, rejection, or denial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > contempt or disesteem [phrase] > expressions of contempt a straw forc1374 to blow the buck's hornc1405 to go whistle1453 fig's enda1616 to do the other thing1628 indeed1834 (in a) pig's eye (also ear, arse)1847 drop dead1934 the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [noun] > expression or formula of (in a) pig's eye (also ear, arse)1847 nossir1930 1847 J. J. Oswandel Notes Mexican War (1885) iii. 163 Mr. Nicholas P. Trist..is on his way to negotiate with the Mexican government to make peace. How are you peace—peace in a pig's eye. 1876 Oakland (Calif.) Daily Evening Tribune 17 Mar. ‘Bought this mare for $16..’. ‘In a pig's eye you've bought her for $16’. 1951 E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 322 ‘Pig's arse to that!’ another voice cried. ‘A jack-up—that's the shot.’ 1968 W. Garner Deep, Deep Freeze ix. 110 ‘One stops short of probing the private lives of people for whom one has a regard.’ ‘In a pig's ear!’ she said vulgarly. ‘If duty called you'd have a man under the bed on my honeymoon.’ 1992 O. S. Card Lost Boys (1993) vi. 154 ‘She must not have any idea of the effect of her words then’... ‘In a pig's eye.’ < as lemmas |
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