| 单词 | to get the bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get the (big) bird a. slang (originally Theatre). With the. An instance of hissing or otherwise expressing one's dissatisfaction with a performer (more fully the big bird). Frequently in to get the (big) bird: (of a performer, performance, etc.) to be hissed by the audience, to be poorly received; (hence more generally) to be dismissed or rejected; to be an object of mockery or contempt. Similarly in to give (a person) the bird. Cf. goose n. 1g.Not common in North American usage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > audience reaction exsibilation1640 call1754 encore1763 goose1805 the big bird1825 recall1851 curtain1884 curtain-call1884 slow burn1936 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (transitive)] > audience reaction explose?c1550 explode1563 exsibilate1601 be-Roscius1774 to get the (big) bird1825 goose1838 sibilate1864 bird1927 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations hootinga1225 hissingc1384 fie?1550 acclamation1602 hiss1602 hoot1612 catcall1749 catcallingc1781 scraping1785 sibilation1822 the big bird1825 boo hoo1825 booing1830 Kentish fire1834 boo-hooing1865 boo1884 slow handclap1904 tutting1929 slow handclapping1932 slow clap1937 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > express disapproval of > by sound or exclamation hootc1175 to clap out1550 explose?c1550 explode1563 hiss1598 exsibilate1601 to hum up, down1642 out-hiss1647 chuckle1681 catcall1700 scrape1773 groan1799 to get the (big) bird1825 boo1833 fie-fie1836 goose1838 sibilate1864 cluck1916 bird1927 slow handclap1949 tsk-tsk1966 tut1972 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove [verb (intransitive)] > be hissed to get the (big) bird1864 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (intransitive)] > be hissed to get the (big) bird1864 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > dismiss or discharge > be dismissed or discharged to get the bag1804 to get the sack1825 swap1862 to get the boot1888 to take a walk1888 to get the run1889 to get (or have) the swap1890 to get the (big) bird1924 to get one's jotters1944 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss > unceremoniously to send packingc1450 trussa1500 to go (send, etc.) away with a flea in one's ear1577 to set packing1577 pack1589 ship1594 to send away with a fly in one's ear1606 to give a packing penny to1609 to pack off1693 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 to send about one's business1728 trundle1794 to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1816 bundle1823 to give the bucket to1863 shake1872 to give (a person) the finger1874 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (someone or something) the chuck1888 to give (someone) the gate1918 to get the (big) bird1924 to tie a can to (or on)1926 to give (a person) (his or her) running shoes1938 to give (someone) the Lonsdale1958 1825 P. Egan Life of Actor p. xii The end of their folly marked by the attacks of the big birds (geese) driving them off the stage. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) (at cited word) ‘To get the big-bird’, i.e. to be hissed, as actors occasionally are by the ‘gods’. 1884 in J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era (1909) (at cited word) Professor Grant, Q.C., had both ‘the bird’ and ‘the needle’ at the Royal on Monday. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey 56 Mr. Danby had ‘given him the bird’. 1927 Daily Express 4 Feb. 6/4 Britons in Hollywood will get what is locally known as the ‘razzberry’, which may be translated as ‘the bird’. 1957 P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble iii. 35 She gave him the bird—finally and for good. So he came to Spain to forget his broken heart. 1992 Sports Q. Winter 50/1 Poor Ralph Keyes, the fly-half, was given the bird for some poor kicking. 2006 Financial Times 26 May 13/1 Sofia Coppola's eagerly awaited Marie Antoinette..got the bird from a packed press-show audience. < as lemmas |
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