单词 | to make a poor mouth |
释义 | > as lemmasto make a poor mouth k. regional (Scottish and U.S.) and Irish English. to make a poor mouth: to plead poverty, to complain. Also to put on (also up) a poor mouth. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > plead poverty mitch1611 to make a poor mouth1753 to cry (also play, talk, etc.) poor-mouth1868 poor-mouth1930 to put on (also plead, etc.) the béal bocht1960 1753 C. O'Connor Diss. Antient Hist. Irel. iv. 51 Ceasnugbadh, what we vulgarly call making a poor Mouth. 1822 J. Galt in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 307/1 I'm sure ye may weel spare twa three pounds... It's no right o' you to be aye making a puir mouth. 1839 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders V. 19 I dinna want to be plagued wi' folk makin puir mouths. 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xxv You wanted to..make a poor mouth to Mrs. Lapham. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant iii. 37 Any selfish tramp..can come and put up a poor mouth. 1919 G. B. Shaw Heartbreak House iii, in Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, & Playlets of War 93 Alfred, Alfred: you are making a poor mouth of it to get out of marrying Ellie. 1923 G. Rae Lowland Hills 48 It isna them wha mak the puirest mooth, That are the honest puir. 1934 W. W. Gill Manx Dial. ii. 90 A ‘poor mouth’..is often a very vigorous member. To ‘put a poor mouth on’ one's affairs..is to complain excessively. 1949 F. Urquhart Ferret was Abraham's Daughter i. vii. 26 ‘Charity!’ Bert shouted. ‘Aye puttin' on a poor mouth.’ < as lemmas |
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