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词组 two bob
释义 two bob
adjective
inferior, rubbishy, useless AUSTRALIA, 1944
Derives from Australian similes such as “as silly as a two bob watch”; explained by G.A. Wilkes in A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1978, as the sum of money most often used in derogatory expressions of worth. A BOBTWO BIT
  • This time in manner of a two-bob game-show host. — Gavin Hills, White Burger Danny (Disco Biscuits), p. 66, 1996
  • If they was coming, they’d have come [...] Two bob Leicester as per fucking usual. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 176, 1999
  • Jimmy got his hands on it and started decorating like it was a whorehouse, like some two-bob gangster Gracelands. — J.J. Connolly, Layer Cake, p. 223, 2000
  • “You fucking whore,” he screamed at her unconscious body. “Know what you’re worth? Two bob.” He flung a ten pence piece at her face and stomped out[.] — Garry Bushell, The Face, p. 270, 2001
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