bad cess to (one)

A curse of bad luck upon one. "Cess" is an Irish term for luck. Primarily heard in New Zealand. If you can just lie to me like that, then bad cess to you!

bad cess to

a curse on. chiefly Irish

The origin of cess in this expression is probably linked to the historical requirement for Irish households to provide the soldiers of their English overlords with provisions at the low prices ‘assessed’ by the government. Alternatively, the word could be a shortened form of success .

词组	bad cess to (one)
释义	bad cess to (one) bad cess to (one) A curse of bad luck upon one. "Cess" is an Irish term for luck. Primarily heard in New Zealand. If you can just lie to me like that, then bad cess to you! See also: bad, cess Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. bad cess to a curse on. chiefly Irish The origin of cess in this expression is probably linked to the historical requirement for Irish households to provide the soldiers of their English overlords with provisions at the low prices ‘assessed’ by the government. Alternatively, the word could be a shortened form of success . See also: bad, cess Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: bad cess to cess bad trot bad iron Chinaman killed (one) must have killed a Chinaman as bad as all that bad word bad company
随便看	of little avail of little consequence of little/no account of little/no avail of mature years of moment of necessity of no account of no avail of no consequence of no effect of note of old of one mind of (one's) choice of (one's) dreams of (one's) life of one's life of (one's) own accord of one's own accord of (one's) own free will of (one's) own making of own accord OFS of service