单词 | cock-a-hoop |
释义 | cock-a-hoopadjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you are cock-a-hoop, you are extremely pleased about something that you have done. [informal, old-fashioned]cock-a-hoop in British Englishadjective (usually postpositive) 1. in very high spirits 2. boastful 3. askew; confused Word origin C16: perhaps from the phrase to set the cock a hoop to live prodigally, literally: to put a cock on a hoop, a full measure of grain |
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