| 单词 | starve the lizards |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstarve the lizards P2. Australian slang. starve the crows and variants = stone (or stiffen) the crows at crow n.1 3d. Similarly starve the lizards.The phrase alludes to the practice of scaring crows away from cornfields (and thus starving them): see crow-starving n. at crow n.1 Compounds 2. Cf. also starve-crow n. and adj. at Compounds. ΚΠ 1918 H. Matthews Saints & Soldiers 116 ‘Starve the crows,’ howled Bluey in that agonised screech of his. 1927 Bulletin (Sydney) 27 Jan. 22/2 'Starve the lizards,' he said, 'there ain't no kangaroos in the West now'. 1936 A. Russell Gone Nomad vi. 46 Starve the crows! I laugh ev'ry time I think of it. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 156 Trooper Newbigun turned his horse's head and rode off with such dignity that Albert Horne said, just like an Australian, ‘Gawd starve the crows!’ 2004 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 15 Jan. 18 A replica of the Coliseum at the Melbourne Showgrounds? Starve the lizards, why not a miniature Vatican and a resident pope? < as lemmas |
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