mutton

Related to mutton: Mutton fish, hogget

(as) dead as mutton

1. Certainly dead. Primarily heard in UK. I poked that squirrel with a stick and, yeah, it's as dead as mutton.

2. Totally defunct. Primarily heard in UK. Oh, that idea from last week's meeting is dead as mutton now that the CEO has vetoed it.

be mutton dressed as lamb

To be an older woman who is trying unsuccessfully to look much younger. This term is usually disparaging. Mutton is the meat of an old sheep, while a lamb is a young sheep. Primarily heard in UK. I don't know what she's thinking wearing a dress like that. She's mutton dressed as lamb.

See also: dress, lamb, mutton

laced mutton

obsolete slang A prostitute. A: "I think that Lord Stewart is spending time with a laced mutton." B: "No, surely not!"

mutton

slang Deaf. The term comes from rhyming slang in which "mutton" is short for "Mutt 'n' Jeff," which rhymes with "deaf." Primarily heard in UK. Can you please speak louder? I've gone a bit mutton as I've gotten older. Poor Grandad's quite mutton these days, so he's always got the radio blaring as loud as it'll go.

mutton dressed (up) as lamb

A disparaging term for an older woman who tries unsuccessfully to look much younger or finds herself attractive in the style of younger women. Primarily heard in UK. I don't know what she's thinking wearing a dress like that. She looks like mutton dressed as lamb!

See also: dress, lamb, mutton

mutton Jeff

slang A variant of "Mutt and Jeff," rhyming slang for "deaf." Primarily heard in UK. Can you please speak louder? I've gone a bit mutton Jeff as I've gotten older. Poor Grandad's quite mutton Jeff these days, so he's always got the radio blaring as loud as it'll go.

return to (one's) muttons

obsolete To return to a given topic or subject that one is discussing, explaining, ruminating over, talking about, etc. Taken from a humorous translation of the French idiom "revenons à nos moutons" (literally, "let us return to our sheep"), which has the same meaning. The constable, frustrated with the drunkard's rambling explanation, bade him return to his muttons. But I have strayed off course from the lecture, so let us return to our muttons before we run out of time.

dead as mutton

BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED

1. If a person or animal is as dead as mutton, they are completely dead. We saw a viper. It was 4 feet long and was as dead as mutton.

2. If something or someone is as dead as mutton, they are no longer active or popular. He advised him that radio was just about to become as dead as mutton because of the advent of television.

mutton dressed as lamb

mutton dressed up as lamb

BRITISH

If you describe a middle-aged or old woman as mutton dressed as lamb or mutton dressed up as lamb, you mean she dresses in a style which is suitable only for a younger woman. I'm always careful to avoid looking like mutton dressed as lamb. Note: Mutton is the meat of an adult sheep, and lamb is the meat of a young sheep, as well as being the name of the animal itself.

See also: dress, lamb, mutton

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

mutton dressed as lamb

a middle-aged or old woman dressed in a style suitable for a much younger woman. British informal

Mutton occurs in various derogatory contexts relating to women. It has been used as a slang term for prostitutes from the early 16th century, for example, while the phrase hawk your mutton means ‘flaunt your sexual attractiveness’ or (of a prostitute) ‘solicit for clients’.

1988 Salman Rushdie The Satanic Verses Mutton dressed as lamb, fifty plus and batting her eyelashes like an eighteen-year-old.

See also: dress, lamb, mutton

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

be mutton dressed (up) as ˈlamb

(British English, informal, disapproving) used to describe a woman who is trying to look younger than she really is, especially by wearing clothes that are designed for young people: Have you seen her? Mutton dressed as lamb. Somebody should remind her that she’s 55, not 25.

Mutton is the meat from an adult sheep, while lamb is the meat from a young sheep.

See also: dress, lamb, mutton

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

(as) dead as mutton
dead as mutton
doornail
dead as a doornail
as dead as a doornail
(as) dead as a doornail
loaf of bread
herring
(as) dead as a herring
be dead in the water

References in periodicals archive

They said the four local restaurants, which continued to operate, had curtailed the sale of mutton-based food by almost 80 per cent as the local livestock market failed to meet their demand for quality mutton for which local barbeque and mutton karahi had earned nationwide fame.

Landi Kotal restaurants closed due to livestock import ban

President Balochistan Anjuman e Tajiran Raheem Kakar, Allo Dad Tareen, Secretary General Beef and Mutton Association Sarmad Sidduqe and other leaders addressed the protests.

Beef and Mutton Association adamant over increase of price

Throughout the year mutton snappers of all sizes can be targeted mostly on the bottom over natural and artificial rocky bottoms.

Moons in Spring

? Ingredients Serves 4 For the mutton: 1kg organic mutton shoulder, boned and rolled 1 litre chicken stock 100ml white wine For the aromatics: 1 carrot, roughly chopped 1 celery stick, roughly chopped 1 leek, roughly chopped 1/2 bulb of garlic Bay leaf Small bunch of thyme For the salsa verde: 50g each of fresh parsley, mint, basil and oregano 100ml olive oil 25g capers 4 salted anchovies 1 clove of garlic 1/2 lemon, juice only Dash of red wine vinegar For the garnish: 4 violet artichokes, tough outer leaves removed and stalk peeled Sunflower oil, for deep-frying 4 baby carrots, sliced and blanched for 1 minute in boiling salted water 4 baby courgettes, sliced and blanched for 1 minute in boiling salted water Pea shoots

FOOD DRINK

Cllr Mutton said at cabinet on Tuesday: "When we compare that to other councils up and down the country, some have had to find PS46m, PS48m and PS108 in reductions.

Council tax hike and PS9m cuts for Cov given backing

It is famous for selling unique and traditional Iftar items like giant slices of beef, chicken roasts, marinated minced meat and mutton. The iftar item of the Chawkbazar bears the family tradition of old Dhaka dwellers.

Iftar market sees huge crowd as Ramadan begins

"We knew a few things about the country but not that Korea was so much rock 'n' roll," Mutton said.

French rock duo prepares for Olympic performance

Mutton is meat from sheep that is ideally three years of age.

Welsh Mutton is like a mature Christmas cake; Maligned meat gets thumbs up from C4 chefs

ISLAMABAD -- Kashmir Valley-based mutton dealers staged a protest in Srinagar against harassment by goons at Madhopur in Indian state of Punjab.

Mutton dealers hold protests against 'cattle tax' in Punjab

Mutton is very popular in Western countries and is widely consumed because of its unique flavor and its nutritional qualities [1].

Quality Control of Mutton by Using Volatile Compound Fingerprinting Techniques and Chemometric Methods

THE UK's mutton supply chain is buoyant, with plenty of high-quality products on the market, early feedback from the National Sheep Association's Make More of Mutton project has revealed.

Feeling of pride and quality in mutton industry is high - survey; FARMING

MUTTON TAGINE WITH POMEGRANATE COUSCOUS

INGREDIENTS 1 mutton shoulder, diced into cubes 600g prunes 100g dates 500g mixed root vegetables, diced into 1cm cubes (carrots, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, celeriac) 90g pomegranate (optional) 600g couscous 150g onion 250g fresh tomatoes 30ml vegetable stock For the herb marinade: 1 garlic clove, crushed 1tsp coriander 1tsp cumin Pepper Sea salt 1tbsp olive oil METHOD MARINATE the mutton cubes in the cumin, coriander, olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic overnight, to get the flavour into the meat.

BRAISED MUTTON SHOULDER (SERVES 2-3)

The objective of the study was to utilize waste animal fat (beef and mutton) for biodiesel production using different catalysts (Na, NaOHand KOH).

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM RESIDUAL ANIMAL FAT USING VARIOUS CATALYSTS

But much-maligned mutton could be set for a return to our dinner tables, if a Welsh television chef gets his way.

Much-maligned mutton need no longer be dressed as lamb, argues top television chef; FIGHT TO PUT THE MEAT BACK ON OUR TABLES

词组	mutton
释义	mutton Related to mutton: Mutton fish, hogget (as) dead as mutton 1. Certainly dead. Primarily heard in UK. I poked that squirrel with a stick and, yeah, it's as dead as mutton. 2. Totally defunct. Primarily heard in UK. Oh, that idea from last week's meeting is dead as mutton now that the CEO has vetoed it. See also: dead, mutton be mutton dressed as lamb To be an older woman who is trying unsuccessfully to look much younger. This term is usually disparaging. Mutton is the meat of an old sheep, while a lamb is a young sheep. Primarily heard in UK. I don't know what she's thinking wearing a dress like that. She's mutton dressed as lamb. See also: dress, lamb, mutton laced mutton obsolete slang A prostitute. A: "I think that Lord Stewart is spending time with a laced mutton." B: "No, surely not!" See also: lace, mutton mutton slang Deaf. The term comes from rhyming slang in which "mutton" is short for "Mutt 'n' Jeff," which rhymes with "deaf." Primarily heard in UK. Can you please speak louder? I've gone a bit mutton as I've gotten older. Poor Grandad's quite mutton these days, so he's always got the radio blaring as loud as it'll go. mutton dressed (up) as lamb A disparaging term for an older woman who tries unsuccessfully to look much younger or finds herself attractive in the style of younger women. Primarily heard in UK. I don't know what she's thinking wearing a dress like that. She looks like mutton dressed as lamb! See also: dress, lamb, mutton mutton Jeff slang A variant of "Mutt and Jeff," rhyming slang for "deaf." Primarily heard in UK. Can you please speak louder? I've gone a bit mutton Jeff as I've gotten older. Poor Grandad's quite mutton Jeff these days, so he's always got the radio blaring as loud as it'll go. See also: Jeff, mutton return to (one's) muttons obsolete To return to a given topic or subject that one is discussing, explaining, ruminating over, talking about, etc. Taken from a humorous translation of the French idiom "revenons à nos moutons" (literally, "let us return to our sheep"), which has the same meaning. The constable, frustrated with the drunkard's rambling explanation, bade him return to his muttons. But I have strayed off course from the lecture, so let us return to our muttons before we run out of time. See also: mutton, return Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. dead as mutton BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED 1. If a person or animal is as dead as mutton, they are completely dead. We saw a viper. It was 4 feet long and was as dead as mutton. 2. If something or someone is as dead as mutton, they are no longer active or popular. He advised him that radio was just about to become as dead as mutton because of the advent of television. See also: dead, mutton mutton dressed as lamb or mutton dressed up as lamb BRITISH If you describe a middle-aged or old woman as mutton dressed as lamb or mutton dressed up as lamb, you mean she dresses in a style which is suitable only for a younger woman. I'm always careful to avoid looking like mutton dressed as lamb. Note: Mutton is the meat of an adult sheep, and lamb is the meat of a young sheep, as well as being the name of the animal itself. See also: dress, lamb, mutton Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. mutton dressed as lamb a middle-aged or old woman dressed in a style suitable for a much younger woman. British informal Mutton occurs in various derogatory contexts relating to women. It has been used as a slang term for prostitutes from the early 16th century, for example, while the phrase hawk your mutton means ‘flaunt your sexual attractiveness’ or (of a prostitute) ‘solicit for clients’. 1988 Salman Rushdie The Satanic Verses Mutton dressed as lamb, fifty plus and batting her eyelashes like an eighteen-year-old. See also: dress, lamb, mutton Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary be mutton dressed (up) as ˈlamb (British English, informal, disapproving) used to describe a woman who is trying to look younger than she really is, especially by wearing clothes that are designed for young people: Have you seen her? Mutton dressed as lamb. Somebody should remind her that she’s 55, not 25. Mutton is the meat from an adult sheep, while lamb is the meat from a young sheep. See also: dress, lamb, mutton Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: (as) dead as mutton dead as mutton doornail dead as a doornail as dead as a doornail (as) dead as a doornail loaf of bread herring (as) dead as a herring be dead in the water References in periodicals archive They said the four local restaurants, which continued to operate, had curtailed the sale of mutton-based food by almost 80 per cent as the local livestock market failed to meet their demand for quality mutton for which local barbeque and mutton karahi had earned nationwide fame. Landi Kotal restaurants closed due to livestock import ban President Balochistan Anjuman e Tajiran Raheem Kakar, Allo Dad Tareen, Secretary General Beef and Mutton Association Sarmad Sidduqe and other leaders addressed the protests. Beef and Mutton Association adamant over increase of price Throughout the year mutton snappers of all sizes can be targeted mostly on the bottom over natural and artificial rocky bottoms. Moons in Spring ? Ingredients Serves 4 For the mutton: 1kg organic mutton shoulder, boned and rolled 1 litre chicken stock 100ml white wine For the aromatics: 1 carrot, roughly chopped 1 celery stick, roughly chopped 1 leek, roughly chopped 1/2 bulb of garlic Bay leaf Small bunch of thyme For the salsa verde: 50g each of fresh parsley, mint, basil and oregano 100ml olive oil 25g capers 4 salted anchovies 1 clove of garlic 1/2 lemon, juice only Dash of red wine vinegar For the garnish: 4 violet artichokes, tough outer leaves removed and stalk peeled Sunflower oil, for deep-frying 4 baby carrots, sliced and blanched for 1 minute in boiling salted water 4 baby courgettes, sliced and blanched for 1 minute in boiling salted water Pea shoots FOOD DRINK Cllr Mutton said at cabinet on Tuesday: "When we compare that to other councils up and down the country, some have had to find PS46m, PS48m and PS108 in reductions. Council tax hike and PS9m cuts for Cov given backing It is famous for selling unique and traditional Iftar items like giant slices of beef, chicken roasts, marinated minced meat and mutton. The iftar item of the Chawkbazar bears the family tradition of old Dhaka dwellers. Iftar market sees huge crowd as Ramadan begins "We knew a few things about the country but not that Korea was so much rock 'n' roll," Mutton said. French rock duo prepares for Olympic performance Mutton is meat from sheep that is ideally three years of age. Welsh Mutton is like a mature Christmas cake; Maligned meat gets thumbs up from C4 chefs ISLAMABAD -- Kashmir Valley-based mutton dealers staged a protest in Srinagar against harassment by goons at Madhopur in Indian state of Punjab. Mutton dealers hold protests against 'cattle tax' in Punjab Mutton is very popular in Western countries and is widely consumed because of its unique flavor and its nutritional qualities [1]. Quality Control of Mutton by Using Volatile Compound Fingerprinting Techniques and Chemometric Methods THE UK's mutton supply chain is buoyant, with plenty of high-quality products on the market, early feedback from the National Sheep Association's Make More of Mutton project has revealed. Feeling of pride and quality in mutton industry is high - survey; FARMING Serves 4 INGREDIENTS \| About 750g shoulder of mutton \| 60ml extra virgin olive oil \| 2 onions, diced \| 1tsp ground cinnamon \| 1tsp ground cumin \| 4 cardamom pods (split, seeds removed and crushed) \| 1tsp smoked paprika \| 2tsp salt \| 500ml chicken stock \| 100 dried apricots, chopped \| 1tsp caster sugar \| Juice of two limes \| 1/4tsp saffron strands (dissolved in 1tbsp of boiling water) \| 1 handful mint, chopped \| 1 handful coriander, chopped \| Toasted almonds and pistachios \| 400g butternut squash, peeled and cut into 3cm cubes \| Salt and pepper METHOD Cut the mutton into 4cm dice. MUTTON TAGINE WITH POMEGRANATE COUSCOUS INGREDIENTS 1 mutton shoulder, diced into cubes 600g prunes 100g dates 500g mixed root vegetables, diced into 1cm cubes (carrots, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, celeriac) 90g pomegranate (optional) 600g couscous 150g onion 250g fresh tomatoes 30ml vegetable stock For the herb marinade: 1 garlic clove, crushed 1tsp coriander 1tsp cumin Pepper Sea salt 1tbsp olive oil METHOD MARINATE the mutton cubes in the cumin, coriander, olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic overnight, to get the flavour into the meat. BRAISED MUTTON SHOULDER (SERVES 2-3) The objective of the study was to utilize waste animal fat (beef and mutton) for biodiesel production using different catalysts (Na, NaOHand KOH). BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM RESIDUAL ANIMAL FAT USING VARIOUS CATALYSTS But much-maligned mutton could be set for a return to our dinner tables, if a Welsh television chef gets his way. Much-maligned mutton need no longer be dressed as lamb, argues top television chef; FIGHT TO PUT THE MEAT BACK ON OUR TABLES
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