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单词
shilly-shallies
释义
shilly-shallies
in British English
plural noun
shillyshally (sense 4
)
shillyshally
in British English
(
ˈʃɪlɪˌʃælɪ
)
informal
verb
Word forms:
-lies
,
-lying
or
-lied
1.
(
intransitive
)
to be indecisive, esp over unimportant matters; hesitate
adverb
2.
in an indecisive manner
adjective
3.
indecisive or hesitant
noun
Word forms:
plural
-lies
4.
indecision or hesitation; vacillation
Derived forms
shillyshallier
(
ˈshillyˌshallier
)
noun
Word origin
C18: from
shill I shall I,
by reduplication of
shall I
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likeable
likeableness
like a blue-arsed fly
like a bomb
like a cat on a hot tin roof
like a cat on hot bricks
like a challenge
like a charm
like a cheshire cat
like a dervish
like a dog's dinner
like-a-dogs-dinner
like a dose of salts
like a dream
like a fish out of water
like a headless chicken
like a house on fire
like a kid in a candy store
like a knife through butter
like-a-knife-through-butter
like a knife through butter/like a hot knife through butter
like-a-knife-through-butter-like-a-hot-knife-through-butter
like a lamb
like a lamb to the slaughter
like a log
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