| 单词 | to fart against thunder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fart against (also at the) thunder P2. to fart against (also at the) thunder: to make a pointless or futile protest; to attempt something futile; to act ineffectually. [After post-classical Latin oppedere contra tonitrua (1571 in Erasmus, or earlier), itself after ancient Greek ἀνταποπαρδεῖν πρὸς τὰς βροντάς (Aristophanes Clouds 293).] ΚΠ 1699 in tr. C. de Saint-Evremond Arguments M. Herard Pref. sig. A6v What he has said, no more affects the King, or Nation, than..the old Womans tit for tat, the Thunder, which she farted against. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 310 Titt for tatt, quoth the Wife when she farted at the Thunder. 1982 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 20 Feb. 74/4 ‘Clark has got to deliver the goods’, says one Tory MP ‘There's no use farting against thunder’. 2011 Private Eye 27 May 13/2 Deputy council leader Nicholas Botterill, who opened proceedings by telling members of the public there was no point in protesting because they were ‘farting against thunder’. < as lemmas |
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