英语词汇“to run like a hairy goat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

colloquial (originally and chiefly Australian and New Zealand). to run (also go) like a hairy goat (also, and in earliest use dog) and variants: (of a racehorse) to run very slowly; to perform very badly; later also in extended use. Also occasionally in the opposite sense: to run very fast.

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1912 Sun (Kalgoorlie, W. Austral.) 25 Feb. 2/4 The early backers of Cadonia for the Australian Cup must be chewing the cud of bitter reflection... He had 2lb. less that he has to carry in the Cup—and he ran like a ‘hairy dog’.

1919 Sydney Sportsman 9 July 6/1 He would show you a gallop on the track on the morning of a race that would justify anyone putting his last trouser button on, and would then run like a hairy Wilhelm goat in his race.

1920 Truth (Perth, Austral.) 11 Dec. 6/1 Wonder was it weight (of money) that made Pretty Bobby run like a hairy goat?

1964 M. Davis Watersiders 137 Ever since [yesterday] she's [sc. a moped] going like the one big hairy goat. Crook benzine.

1995 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) 20 May 19 The mare..ran like a hairy dog so..she was sprayed with a concoction which made all the chaps she raced with slow down to a heady saunter.

2000 Racing Post (Nexis) 10 Aug. (Sports Betting section) 80 Karlsson has missed his last three cuts and played like a hairy dog in Sweden last week.

2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 Aug. (Sport section) 14 I was off my food on Wednesday and Thursday with nerves and expectation. What if he wins by 20 lengths? What if he runs like a hairy goat?

单词	to run like a hairy goat
释义	> as lemmas to run (also go) like a hairy goat (also, and in earliest use dog) colloquial (originally and chiefly Australian and New Zealand). to run (also go) like a hairy goat (also, and in earliest use dog) and variants: (of a racehorse) to run very slowly; to perform very badly; later also in extended use. Also occasionally in the opposite sense: to run very fast. ΚΠ 1912 Sun (Kalgoorlie, W. Austral.) 25 Feb. 2/4 The early backers of Cadonia for the Australian Cup must be chewing the cud of bitter reflection... He had 2lb. less that he has to carry in the Cup—and he ran like a ‘hairy dog’. 1919 Sydney Sportsman 9 July 6/1 He would show you a gallop on the track on the morning of a race that would justify anyone putting his last trouser button on, and would then run like a hairy Wilhelm goat in his race. 1920 Truth (Perth, Austral.) 11 Dec. 6/1 Wonder was it weight (of money) that made Pretty Bobby run like a hairy goat? 1964 M. Davis Watersiders 137 Ever since [yesterday] she's [sc. a moped] going like the one big hairy goat. Crook benzine. 1995 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) 20 May 19 The mare..ran like a hairy dog so..she was sprayed with a concoction which made all the chaps she raced with slow down to a heady saunter. 2000 Racing Post (Nexis) 10 Aug. (Sports Betting section) 80 Karlsson has missed his last three cuts and played like a hairy dog in Sweden last week. 2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 Aug. (Sport section) 14 I was off my food on Wednesday and Thursday with nerves and expectation. What if he wins by 20 lengths? What if he runs like a hairy goat? extracted from hairyadj.n. < as lemmas
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