| 单词 | to be full of prunes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be full of prunes 3. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). to be full of prunes: to talk nonsense, to make unfounded claims or assertions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > use language nonsensically [verb (intransitive)] roya1450 to talk (or speak) at rovers1542 nonsense1822 squiddle1824 twaddle1825 fudge1834 buncomize1871 to be full of prunes1887 waffle1900 jive1928 bullshit1942 to talk out of one's arse1973 1887 Los Angeles Times 3 Feb. 2/2 Burns..told the Judge that the court was ‘full of prunes’, and raised sheol generally in court. 1908 Chicago Heights Star 12 Mar. 2/2 Sometimes a fellow who seems to be full of ideas is merely full of prunes. 1953 R. B. Goodwin Good to be Black vii. 75 You're full of prunes. 2005 J. Corrigan in E. J. Weiner What goes Up xx. 297 Anybody who tells you that they know exactly why the market came back is full of prunes. < as lemmas |
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