| 单词 | to have one's mouth made up for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have one's mouth made up for d. U.S. colloquial and regional. to have one's mouth made up for and variants: to anticipate eating (a particular kind of food) with pleasure. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)] > for particular food to have one's mouth made up for1859 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > have (good) appetite [verb (intransitive)] > have appetite for specific kind of food to have one's mouth made up for1859 1859 Student & Schoolmate Aug. 148 (Mathew's Coll.) We lost the ‘mackerel steak’ for which some of the excursionists had made up their mouths. 1890 Cent. Dict. at Mouth His mouth was made up for a chicken salad. 1890 Harper's Mag. Oct. 715/2 No one who has his mouth made up for a laugh is prepared to relish a dose of reason. 1929 Amer. Speech 5 129 ‘My mouth was all made up for’ whatever one greatly wanted and expected to eat. 1960 E. H. Criswell Response to Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 20 Well, I had my mouth all set for some of that sweet potato pie, and then I couldn't go to the dinner. < as lemmas |
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