| 单词 | to work like a black |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work like a black P6. colloquial (now offensive). to work like a black: to work very hard. Cf. to work like a nigger at nigger n. and adj. Phrases 1. ΚΠ 1842 Northern Star (Leeds) 4 June 8/1 I have worked like a black to-day, and yet I am as fresh as a four-year old. 1870 E. S. Maine Among Strangers xiii. 107 ‘I can work like a black, Miss Beckett, when I have anything to work for,’ said Evan, proudly. 1928 H. Graham World's Workers 18 While his workmen toil like blacks, St. Bees evades the Super-Tax. 1957 Punch 19 June 775/3 He worked like a black (if that phrase is still permissible) to produce a guide to French literature. 1987 P. Thomas Welsher ii. i. 58 Bridie is as quiet as the proverbial church mouse and works like a black into the bargain! 2005 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 13 July 6 I have to say I was pretty disgusted when I heard him say: ‘I didn't come here to work like a black.’ Did he think he was being funny? < as lemmas |
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