单词 | to be in the dingbats |
释义 | > as lemmasto be in the dingbats b. Australian and New Zealand. In plural. Chiefly with the. Delirium; a disordered state of mind or consciousness such as might result from fever, intoxication, etc.; spec. delirium tremens. Frequently also in weakened sense, with reference to crazy, silly, or deluded thoughts or ideas. Often in to have the dingbats or to be in the dingbats. Also to give (a person) the dingbats: to make a person nervous or crazy. Cf. dingbats adj. ΚΠ 1888 Wagga Wagga (New S. Wales) Advertiser 8 Dec. The ‘ding-bats’, which, for the benefit of the ladies and others uninformed, I may explain is a form of the jim-jams. 1932 Townsville (Queensland) Daily Bull. 8 July 5/3 If you were shikkered or in the dingbats I'l overlook it. 1939 M. Morris Dark Tumult 57 ‘If I like I can be the best player in Victoria, Australia, Southern Hemisphere, The World, Amen!’ ‘You've got dingbats,’ said Robin. 1943 F. Sargeson in Penguin New Writing 18 71 I knew it would give me the dingbats if I just stayed on there waiting. 1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand iv. 42 Boozin' again! You'll end up with the dingbats, you will. 1970 N. A. Beagley Up & Down Under 64 It dawned on me when I saw him in the morning that he was verging on the DT's or, in Aussie terms, ‘the ding bats’. < as lemmas |
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