单词 | piss and wind |
释义 | > as lemmaspiss and wind piss and wind n. (and variants) empty talk, bombast. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > [noun] flash1605 sniffling1653 canting1659 cant1710 galbanum1764 gas1793 blarney1796 gammon1805 slum1812 claptrap1819 flam1825 glittering generality1849 bull's wool1850 eyewash1857 bunkum1862 hot air1873 kid1874 fustian1880 flubdub1888 bull1914 oil1917 blah1918 drip1919 piss and wind1922 banana-oil1927 flannel1927 crud1943 old talk1956 ole talk1964 okey-doke1969 yada yada1991 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 314 All wind and piss like a tanyard cat. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1223/2 Piss and wind, as in ‘He's all piss and wind!’ Empty talk; unsubstantiated boast(s). 1969 Guardian 13 Feb. 22/4 Mr Eric Lubbock, the Liberal MP for Orpington..said: ‘..I have heard nothing but piss and wind.’ 1992 I. Pattison More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts 23 There's more wind and pish in you than's blowing doon that road oot there. < as lemmas |
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