et cetera, et cetera 英文人行道: to eff off, sniping parishioners.Microphone Trouble in Milwaukee Leaves Him ‘Seething’

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Trump’s Microphone Trouble in Milwaukee Leaves Him ‘Seething’

'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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British

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)]

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1950s: the letter F represented as a word.

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[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
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1An act of snipping something:he took a snip at a dandelion on the grass
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1.1A small piece of something that has been snipped off:the collage consists of snips of wallpaper
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1.2(the snip) British • informal A vasectomy:about 6,000 men get the snip every year, and numbers are increasing
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2A surprisingly cheap item; a bargain:the wine is a snip at £3.65
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2.1• dated A thing that is easily achieved.
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4North American • informal A small or insignificant person:imagine that little snip telling me I was wrong!

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