单词 | scalded-cat raid |
释义 | > as lemmasscalded-cat raid like a scalded cat. Hence scalded-cat raid (see quot. 1945). ΚΠ 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves i. 9 Get off the mark..like a scalded cat, and your public is at a loss. 1943 Times 6 Nov. 2/1 The Luftwaffe..were now using a new type of twin-engine fighter-bomber... From the French coast to Westminster Bridge was a distance of 85 miles. In and out they flashed across it at their fastest speeds—like scalded cats. 1945 L. E. O. Charlton Britain at War IV. 80 When a small force of enemy raiders crossed the coast and penetrated towards London on November 8th, 1943,..three of them were destroyed. One of the aircraft brought down was..one of the new twin-engine fighter-bombers described by Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air, a few days previously when he spoke of ‘scalded cat’ raids on London and the South Coast. 1977 Hot Car Oct. 75/3 We have driven a converted V6 and it certainly went like a scalded cat. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds ii. 45 Meggie hopped out like a scalded cat and dressed herself without even asking for help. 1980 Herald (Melbourne) 9 Apr. 7/4 How does it go, old boy? Like a scalded cat. < as lemmas |
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