| 释义 |
cobblers
noun
nonsense; lies UK, 1955
From the earlier sense (testicles).- [A]fter which homespun cobblers I shall have it away [leave] in the jam [car][.] — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 99, 1962
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 38, 1996
- If you think what I’ve just told you is so much cobblers, just wait! — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 57, 2002
▶ load of cobblers; load of old cobblers
nonsense; lies UK, 1968
An elaboration, but not necessarily an intensification, of COBBLERSDoes he like it, or does he think it’s a load of cobblers? — Philip Pullman, The Shadow in the North, p. 97, 1988 You’re fifteen feet under, mate, and your mouth’s full of shit. You’re talking a load of old cobblers. What clinics? What infirmaries? — Eduardo de Filippo (translated by Peter Tinniswood), Napoli Milionaria, 1992 |