| 单词 | that cock won't fight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthat cock won't fight c. colloquial. that cock won't fight: used to express the opinion that a particular plan or approach will not succeed. Cf. that dog won't hunt at dog n.1 Phrases 22. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [phrase] that cock won't fight1789 that dog won't hunt1912 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inexpediency > be inexpedient [phrase] that cock won't fight1789 that dog won't hunt1912 1789 Loiterer 5 Sept. 10 This eloquent harangue was not lost upon me, I immediately began to smoke the old Gentleman. ‘No, (thought I) that cock won't fight.’ 1836 D. Crockett Exploits & Adventures in Texas 99 The captain of the boat..went ashore in the hope of persuading them to refund—but that cock wouldn't fight. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. iii. 31 I tried to see the arms on the carriage, but there were none; so that cock wouldn't fight. 1900 Outing July 398/2 Nope; that cock won't fight, neither. There's only one rifle on the crik and the baron's out huntin' with that. 1974 Times 16 Aug. 12/6 This sort of writing is likely to give movies a bad name. Or, as they say in more direct circles, that cock won't fight. 2016 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Apr. 27 He..would pepper his advice with aphorisms like ‘that cock won't fight’ or ‘that's a horse of an entirely different colour’. < as lemmas |
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