| 单词 | to carry guts to a bear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto carry (also give, take, etc.) guts (also † garbage, † offal) to a bear P5. to carry (also give, take, etc.) guts (also † garbage, † offal) to a bear: to do a menial or repugnant task. Chiefly in negative as to not be fit to carry guts (also † garbage, † offal), to a bear and variants: to be regarded as so lowly, contemptible, or foolish as to be unworthy or incapable of even the most menial or repugnant task. Now U.S. colloquial. ΚΠ 1639 J. Taylor Iuniper Lect. vii. 49 Thou art a very sloven, and a nasty beast to him, and art not worthy to carry guts to a Beare. 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto II 28 in Lousiad: Canto I (ed. 4) George thinks us scarcely fit ('tis very clear) To carry guts, my brethren, to a bear. 1876 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 2 Feb. 3/7 He was not sufficiently man enough to carry offal to a bear. 1891 New Eng. Mag. May 393/1 ‘If you do not hand Mrs. Atkinson to the chamber stairs,’ said the doctor, in an angry guttural, ‘your Excellency ain't fit to carry garbage to a bear.’ 1967 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 550/2 Sayings about a person who seems to you very stupid: ‘He hasn't sense enough to ——.’ Carry guts to a bear. 2013 @joshowens24 22 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 25 July 2019) George Bush was not fit to throw guts to a bear, much less to run a country. #HUBRIS. < as lemmas |
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