| 单词 | the old oil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe old oil 10. colloquial. Glibly persuasive or misleading talk; nonsense, falsehood. Usually in the old oil. Cf. senses Compounds 2a, Phrases 1. 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 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > evasion of truth paradiastole1555 equivocating1606 equivocation1609 quidlibet1611 equivoque1631 equivocya1636 prevarication1656 half-truth1658 suppressio veri1677 suggestio falsi1815 oil1917 1917 Amer. Mag. Nov. 39/2 ‘Why dearie!’ I remarks, kissin' her; ‘You know I—’. ‘Easy with the oil!’ she cuts me off. 1924 Chicago Tribune 1 Oct. 25/8 The Bull, the Glad Hand, the Old Oil, and Il Bushwa. 1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 14/2 Throwing the oil, telling glib falsehoods. 1940 M. Marples Public School Slang 130 At Winchester..oil = an evasion. 1954 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit i. 7 It was imperative that they be given the old oil, because she was in the middle of a very tricky business deal with the male half of the sketch and at such times every little helps. 1992 W. Stewart Hole in One x. 59 Something called Personality Profile, which gives the old oil to some local advertiser every week and is widely read by that advertiser's mother. < as lemmas |
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