| 单词 | to eff and blind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto eff and blind 1. intransitive. British colloquial. To utter the word ‘fuck’; to swear, use profanities. Originally and chiefly in to eff and blind: to use strong expletives, to swear frequently; cf. blind v. 1c. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or use profanity curse?c1225 oathc1450 swearc1450 to swear like a lord1531 profanea1643 sink1663 rip1772 cuss1838 to let out1840 explete1902 eff1943 foul-mouth1960 1943 M. Harrison Reported Safe Arrival 31 They'd eff and blind till yer ear-'oles started ter frizzle. 1959 A. Wesker Chicken Soup with Barley i. ii He started effing and blinding and threw their books on the floor. 1965 J. Gaskell Fabulous Heroine 50 He would argue and eff in an intellectual ecstasy all afternoon. 1989 J. Galloway Trick is to keep Breathing (1991) 26 A man and a woman shouting, effing and blinding and the little girl starts screaming. 1999 L. Hird Born Free (2000) xiv. 109 A bairn starts screaming up the back and I hear the mother effing away, smacking it. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home iii. 47 She'd turned up at Edmund and Isabel's blind drunk in the middle of the afternoon. Disgusting! Effing and blinding she was in front of the children. < as lemmas |
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