| 单词 | to be blue-moulding for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be blue-moulding for ˈblue-moulding adj. covered in or gathering blue mould; frequently figurative, esp. in to be blue-moulding for (something) (colloquial, chiefly Irish English): to have waited a long time for, to be keen for or desperately in need of (the thing specified). ΚΠ 1869 Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 13 Mar. 174/2 Like the typical Irishman, they are blue-moulding for a fight. 1905 Everybody's Mag. Mar. 394/1 He is a corpse. He will be all broken up, and the pieces will be blue-moulding for burial before I can collect half of them. 1906 M. E. M. MacGregor Silver Maple xii. 264 Why, we haven't seen you since October, and I've been blue-moulding for somebody to talk to. 1999 Mirror (Nexis) 17 June 50 An Antrim team seek to prevent Down making a meal of the blue moulding memories of their 1991 and '94 All-Ireland glories. < as lemmas |
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