| 单词 | to cry poor-mouth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cry (also play, talk, etc.) poor-mouth 1. to cry (also play, talk, etc.) poor-mouth: to plead poverty. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > plead poverty mitch1611 to make a poor mouth1753 to cry (also play, talk, etc.) poor-mouth1868 poor-mouth1930 to put on (also plead, etc.) the béal bocht1960 1868 Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) 20 Oct. Now we do not mean to put up a poor mouth, or to level complaints against business men. 1904 Washington Post 19 June ii. 3/5 You let all the real chances in life slip through your fingers, and then when you have made a failure of life you sit up and cry poor mouth. 1940 E. W. Bakke Citizens without Work xii. 296 The longer this form of assistance [sc. unemployment compensation] can be extended, the fewer workers will be compelled to develop the ability to ‘talk poor mouth’. 1965 N.Y. Times 29 July 16 It is hard to talk poor mouth just after the papers have written of your daughter's coming-out party for 2,000 guests. 1979 Weekend Austral. 24 Feb. 32 The board turned its back on half a million dollars a year and now it is crying poormouth. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 26 Nov. 10/2 It is difficult for the government to play poor-mouth when Congress is on pace to set a new record in pork-barrel spending. < as lemmas |
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