| 单词 | to pray to the porcelain goddess |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pray to the porcelain goddess b. humorous slang (originally U.S.). Designating a lavatory; esp. in phrases referring to urination or the posture adopted by a person vomiting, as to point Percy at the porcelain at Percy n. 3; to drive the porcelain bus, to pray to the porcelain goddess, etc. Cf. big white telephone n. at white adj. and n. Phrases 12. ΚΠ 1978 Elyria (Ohio) Chron.-Telegram 31 Dec. c1 One whiff of dorm food sent me flying to the porcelain goddess once again. 1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 113/2 Be able to announce to your friends that you capped a romantic evening by vomiting. Using the accepted jargon. Which is extensive... Drive the porcelain bus... Kiss the porcelain god. 1988 Independent 24 Dec. (Mag.) 10/3 To be sick..is ‘praying to the porcelain goddess’. 1997 Washington Times (Nexis) 31 Mar. c5 The women custodians do it..with toiletries, potpourri, plants and pictures..which hang in the stalls behind several of the porcelain gods. 2005 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Aug. (Suppl.) i.9 John spikes the drink of Claire's arrogant nightmare of a boyfriend, Sack... While Sack spends the night driving the porcelain bus, John [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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