单词 | marry over the broomstick |
释义 | broom /broom/noun
To sweep with a broom ORIGIN: OE brōm broomˈy adjective Covered with or consisting of broom broomˈball noun A team game played on ice, orig by British diplomatic staff in Moscow, using brooms and a plastic ball broomˈ-corn noun A kind of millet of whose stalks brooms are made broomˈrape noun (L rapum a knob) a genus (Orobanche) of plants, parasitic on broom and other roots broomˈstaff (archaic) or broomˈstick noun The handle of a broom marry over the broomstick or jump the besom or broomstick To go through an irregular form of marriage in which both jump over a broomstick new brooms sweep clean People newly appointed to a position work very conscientiously, or try to sweep away abuses, old attitudes, old methods, etc not know a B from a broomstick To be very ignorant |
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