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词组 cock-up
释义 cock-up
noun
an error, a mistake UK, 1948
A number of etymologies have been suggested, among them: bookkeeping amendments written at a tilt, and the “cock” (spigot) of ale-barrels; while it is possible that the origins lurk in such innocence it is certain that modern usage is influenced by “fuck-up,” “balls-up,” etc., which presumes “cock” is a “penis.”
  • [U]ntil this cock-up with our radio sets, you see[.] — Mike Stott, Soldiers Talking, Cleanly, 1978
  • I haven’t really seen Dixie since, since that cock-up in Middlesbrough–y’know. — Alan Bleasdale, Boys From the Blackstuff, 1982
  • [S]ince the Carlisle cock-up story broke[.] — John McCririck, John McCririck’s World of Betting, p. 157, 1991
  • We can’t be having none of this amateurism no more. I thought we’d left cock-ups behind[.] — Kevin Sampson, Powder, pp. 226–27, 1999
couldn’t organise a cock-up in a brothel
used of an inefficient person UK, 2001
A later variation of COULDN’T ORGANISE A FUCK IN A BROTHELCOCK-UPCOCK
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