| 单词 | to give a person the tomtits |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give a person the tomtits b. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. In plural with the. Diarrhoea, the ‘shits’. Frequently figurative, esp. in to give a person the tomtits: to annoy or irritate a person greatly; (also) to make a person very frightened or nervous. Cf. shit n. 8, 9. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > diarrhoea diarrhoea1398 squirtc1460 hurl?a1513 gurry?1523 lasking1527 laxity1528 lax?1529 lask1542 skittera1585 looseness1586 scouring1597 laxativeness1610 laxness1634 squitter1664 lurry1689 thorough-go-nimble1694 wherry-go-nimble1766 the trots1808 cholerine1832 squit1841 choleriform1884 tummy1888 gippy tummy1915 shit1928 Rhea sisters1935 belly wuk1943 tomtit1944 run1946 Montezuma's revenge1955 Aztec hop1962 turista1970 1944 L. Glassop We were Rats xii. 67 ‘Break it down,’ said the corporal. ‘You'll give these blokes the tomtits before they get their first lot of C.B.’ 1968 S. L. Elliott Rusty Bugles i. ii, in Three Austral. Plays 44 You blokes give me the tom-tits. Always bellyaching about something. 1973 P. A. Smith Barcoo Salute 14 What's the matter, got the tom tits? 1982 ‘L. Cody’ Bad Company xii. 80 I was just sitting there, trousers round me ankles... If I hadn't been doing it already, he'd 've given me the tom-tits. 1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 21 Feb. 17 The last thing a columnist wants to do is to give her editor the tomtits. < as lemmas |
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