单词 | fetch and carry |
释义 | fetch and carryDo errands and other menial tasks, as in She was hired as administrative assistant, but all she does is fetch and carry for the department's supervisor. This expression originally alluded to dogs that were taught to carry various objects for their masters. It has been applied to humans since the late 1700s. Words nearby fetch and carryfetal souffle, fetal tissue transplant, fetal warfarin syndrome, fetation, fetch, fetch and carry, fetched, fetcher, fetching, fetch up, fete The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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