| 单词 | to make a porridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a porridge (of) P6. to make a porridge (of): to blunder, to make a mess of something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > do something unskilfully [verb (intransitive)] > bungle bungle1549 to put the wrong foot before1590 bebotch1609 to put one's foot in (also into) it1796 mess1823 boggle1853 to make a muff of oneself1884 duff1890 bobble1908 miscue1941 blow1943 to make a porridge (of)1969 sheg1981 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > blunder [verb (intransitive)] > make a mess of to have done it1837 to fuck up1944 to make a pig's ear (out) of1954 to make a porridge (of)1969 1969 D. Clark Nobody's Perfect iii. 79 ‘Three months sounds like generous notice.’ Hunt said soberly, ‘For a man who has made a porridge, perhaps.’ 1971 ‘H. Calvin’ Poison Chasers ii. 26 These boffins have made a porridge of this place. 1976 A. White Long Silence xi. 101 I knew I would make a porridge of explaining it. 2004 Independent (Nexis) 22 Dec. 44 England made a porridge of matters after inserting the tourists and allowing them to make 409. < as lemmas |
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