单词 | to look like something that fell off a flitting |
释义 | > as lemmasto look like something that fell off a flitting a. English regional (northern) and Scottish. In similative phrases denoting an untidy or dishevelled appearance, as to look like something that fell off a flitting and variants; cf. sense 2. ΚΠ 1917 E. C. Holdsworth Helen of Four Gates xv. 292 According to Teddy Trip's cousin..Martin looked as though he had ‘tumbled off a flittin'’. 1980 M. Joseph Maggie Craig iv. 77 His mother looks like something what's dropped off a flitting. 2006 D. Swann Last Days Johnny North 51 You look like you fell off a flitting, lad. 2016 Falkirk Herald 24 Dec. She was immaculately dressed..while I looked like something that had fallen off a flitting! < as lemmas |
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