| 单词 | to play the goat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play (also act) the (giddy) goat P2. to play (also act) the (giddy) goat and variants: to fool about or behave irresponsibly; to frolic or cavort in a mindless or silly manner; to play the fool. Cf. to play the giddy ox at ox n. 4.Now rare in North American use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > be or become foolish [verb (intransitive)] > act foolishly dotec1225 foleyec1374 fop1528 fond1530 daff1535 pract1568 dolt1573 daw1596 fool1597 guck1603 baboonize1611 prat1685 to play the fool1722 niff-naff1728 fopple1756 doitera1790 daffle1796 tomfool1825 to play (also act) the (giddy) goat1841 lallygag1862 silly1877 monkey1878 footle1891 to ass around1899 to play silly buggers (also beggars, bleeders, etc.)1903 to arse around1919 to jackass around1927 nimble-pimble1927 to fuck about1929 to fool up1933 to crap around1936 pantomime1958 prat1961 dork1990 1841 Addr. to Citizens of Philadelphia Establishing Asylum 9 He's in a silly weeping or at playing the goat. 1879 H. Hartigan Stray Leaves 2nd Ser. i. 21 Don't be actin' the goat like ould Larry Healey! 1888 R. Kipling Under Deodars (1890) 91 Generally, as he explained, ‘playing the giddy garden goat all round’. 1914 E. Pugh Cockney at Home 190 I'd orate myself, but, as you know, this don't happen to be my day for actin' the silly goat. 1922 L. J. Vance Linda Lee Incorporated iv. 22 Where was the sense in holding on this tack, ignoring Linda, making her miserable,..and meantime playing the silly goat, all for the sake of a few hours of facile excitement? 1983 C. James Poem of Year xi. 73 We're told the Queen has carpeted Andrew And warned him not to act the giddy goat. 2005 Independent 3 Sept. 42/5 They are the geographical equivalent of Carnival..we can play the fool and act the goat there. < as lemmas |
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