单词 | your saucepan runs over |
释义 | > as lemmasyour saucepan runs over † your saucepan runs over: used to suggest that a person is very bold, forthright, or impudent. Cf. sauce n. III., saucy adj.1 1a. Obsolete. [With allusion to the biblical phrase my cup runneth over (Psalms 23:5), frequently used to indicate that a person has even more of something than they hoped or believed they could have.] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > impudent [phrase] your saucepan runs over1699 as bold as brass1789 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Your Sauce-Pan runs over, you are exceeding bold. < as lemmas |
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