| 词组 | Barney's bull |
| 释义 | Barney's bull noun a condition, especially a worthless or negative state UK, 1908 Originally “to be like Barney’s bull” meant “extremely fatigued or distressed”; Partridge noted the range extended as: “bitched, buggered, and bewildered like Barney’s bull”; “well fucked and far from home like Barney’s bull” and “all behind like Barney’s bull”. In 2003 a quick search of the Internet revealed: “buggered like Barney’s bull” from the northeast UK; “more mixed up than Barney’s Bull” from western Canada, of Scots-Irish descent; “get into more trouble than Barney’s bull” from Australia; and “mad as Barney’s bull”. |
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