| 单词 | bother it! |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbother it! Also bother it! Used as a mild expletive, expressing annoyance or exasperation: ‘damn’, ‘blast’; cf. botheration int. Also (in earlier use) expressing dismissal (of a statement, idea, etc.): ‘nonsense’, ‘rubbish’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > exclamation of annoyance [interjection] peste1768 botheration1787 bother it!1798 for Pete's sake1903 for the love of Pete1903 hell's teeth1909 zut1915 wouldn't it?1940 1798 G. Colman Heir at Law Epil. 60 Oh bother, there's so many virtues here, There won't be any left for me, I fear. 1839 S. Warren in Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 837/1 ‘I can't—I can't eat.’ ‘Oh, bother it, but you shall!’ 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxxiii. 281 To this amorous address Miss Brass briefly responded ‘Bother!’ 1910 H. G. Wells New Machiavelli iv. iii. 456 When he pointed out to her that the silk she'd got was bloodstained, she just said, ‘Oh, bother!’ and threw it aside. 1921 World Wide Wireless May 22 ‘Bother it,’ he muttered angrily. 2000 F. Moorehead Darkness more Visible i. vii. 66 We expected it to last for ever. Damn and bother! < as lemmas |
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