| 单词 | water haul |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater haul water haul n. U.S. colloquial (originally Midwest) a haul of a fishing net which catches nothing; figurative a fruitless effort. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > a profitless undertaking wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 fool's erranda1629 job1680 water haul1823 rainbow chase1840 Sisyphism1846 blind alley1854 fool's gold1870 mug's game1900 Saltash luck1914 dead end1922 boondoggle1947 1823 J. Taylor Hist. Baptist Churches 130 The whole of this tour, disagreeable as it was, I considered an entire water hall [sic]. 1843 Indiana Palladium 3 June The best, sometimes, have ‘fisher's luck’; But rain or shine, whate'er befall, He [sc. the devil] never gets a water haul. 1848 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 4 July Several pulls came up ‘water hauls’, and after two hours' toil and anxiety, the party concluded to give up the search. 1882 Critic (Washington, D.C.) 23 Feb. Ostensibly I went to testify as an expert in the Star-route cases, but I did not testify. You know that was another water-haul. 1903 Recreation Sept. 186/2 John and Billy came in about the same time, but their's had been miserable luck, a regular water haul. 1978 W. B. McCloskey Highliners (1980) vii. 92 The Rondelay delivered a puny load after a day of virtual waterhauls with tons of kelp and stingers. 2012 Cape Gaz. (Lewes, Delaware) (Nexis) 20 Jan. Boaters had decent fishing while jetty jockeys and surf casters enjoyed a water haul. < as lemmas |
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