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单词 malarkey
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Definition of malarkey in English:

malarkey

noun məˈlɑːkiməˈlɑrki
mass nouninformal
  • Meaningless talk; nonsense.

    don't give me that malarkey
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have been trying to keep up with the gym malarkey.
    • I guess the same people who follow your malarkey are the ones who go to church recruiting events for the military.
    • And I think everybody just assumes that it's, you know, a bunch of malarkey for now.
    • When he drags them in the house, my mom will see two kids covered in mud, and her husband up to the usual malarkey.
    • Happy Birthday to me, and all that kind of malarkey!
    • Well this working nights malarkey isn't too bad actually.
    • The elderly gentleman from Morningside was having trouble getting his kip, what with all that festival malarkey going on.
    • I really don't think I'm cut out from this expat malarkey.
    • All of us in the band are having to learn about this showbiz malarkey as we go along.
    • Don't put your eggs into one basket and all that malarkey.
    • Now amongst other things, I'm a student of natural history and a little bit sceptical about all this Global Warming malarkey.
    • Not surprisingly, given our growing national devotion to mystical malarkey, Irish people are flocking to this supernatural health centre.
    • This decorating malarkey don't half take it out of you.
    • Do halos work of the same colour scale as that aura malarkey?
    • This whole new James Bond malarkey is never going to end, is it?
    • Hopefully the new system will be worth this small loss, particularly if it brings an end to that irritating 400 character limit malarkey.
    • Michael Kelly thinks the Democrats have come to believe their own malarkey.
    • I'm surprising myself by how involved I'm getting in the federal election malarkey.
    • Sure, there's all that inner peace malarkey, but maybe there's something else going on?
    • There's certainly much more to this ice-sculpting malarkey than you'd think…
    Synonyms
    prattle, chatter, twitter, babble, talk, prating, gabble, jabber, blether, rambling

Origin

1920s: of unknown origin.

Rhymes

Iraqi, Kawasaki, khaki, larky, menarche, Nagasaki, narky, parky, raki, saké, saki, sarky, souvlaki, sparky, sukiyaki, teriyaki
 
 

Definition of malarkey in US English:

malarkey

nounməˈlärkēməˈlɑrki
informal
  • Meaningless talk; nonsense.

    don't give me that malarkey
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I really don't think I'm cut out from this expat malarkey.
    • Not surprisingly, given our growing national devotion to mystical malarkey, Irish people are flocking to this supernatural health centre.
    • Well this working nights malarkey isn't too bad actually.
    • Don't put your eggs into one basket and all that malarkey.
    • There's certainly much more to this ice-sculpting malarkey than you'd think…
    • I guess the same people who follow your malarkey are the ones who go to church recruiting events for the military.
    • Michael Kelly thinks the Democrats have come to believe their own malarkey.
    • Sure, there's all that inner peace malarkey, but maybe there's something else going on?
    • This whole new James Bond malarkey is never going to end, is it?
    • Happy Birthday to me, and all that kind of malarkey!
    • This decorating malarkey don't half take it out of you.
    • Now amongst other things, I'm a student of natural history and a little bit sceptical about all this Global Warming malarkey.
    • Hopefully the new system will be worth this small loss, particularly if it brings an end to that irritating 400 character limit malarkey.
    • Do halos work of the same colour scale as that aura malarkey?
    • All of us in the band are having to learn about this showbiz malarkey as we go along.
    • I'm surprising myself by how involved I'm getting in the federal election malarkey.
    • I have been trying to keep up with the gym malarkey.
    • When he drags them in the house, my mom will see two kids covered in mud, and her husband up to the usual malarkey.
    • And I think everybody just assumes that it's, you know, a bunch of malarkey for now.
    • The elderly gentleman from Morningside was having trouble getting his kip, what with all that festival malarkey going on.
    Synonyms
    prattle, chatter, twitter, babble, talk, prating, gabble, jabber, blether, rambling

Origin

1920s: of unknown origin.

 
 
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