词组 | sick as an ANIMAL |
释义 | sick as an ANIMAL adjective physically sick, but not necessarily vomiting UK The earliest recorded is “dog” (1705); followed by “horse” (1765); “cat” shows up in 1915, and “sonofabitch” in 1953. “Sick as a parrot” is a jocular variation from 1979. On 20th November 2000, Judith Keppel was the first contestant to win a million pounds on the television quiz Who Wants To Be A Millionaire; the first question she answered (for £100) was: “Complete this phrase. As sick as a–Puffin–Penguin–Parrot–Partridge”.
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