2014年4月12日 星期六

to eff off, sniping parishioners


'Inside I'm seething, and wish I could tell everyone to eff off, from the sniping parishioners to the controlling bishops'
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eff

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Pronunciation: /ɛf 
  
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NOUN VERB

British

Phrases

eff and blind

• informal Use expletives; swear:I scrabbled for my clothes, effing and blinding
[blind from its use in expletives such as blind me (seeblimey)]

Derivatives

effing

ADJECTIVE ADVERB

Origin

1950s: the letter F represented as a word.

snip

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Pronunciation: /snɪp 
  
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VERB (snipssnippingsnipped)

[WITH OBJECT]
  • Cut (something) with scissors or shears, typically with small quick strokes:she was snipping a few dead heads off the roses[NO OBJECT]: she inspected the embroidery, snipping atloose threads

NOUN

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  • 4North American • informal A small or insignificant person:imagine that little snip telling me I was wrong!

Origin

mid 16th century (in the sense 'a shred'): from Low German snip 'small piece', of imitative origin.

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