| 词组 | queer as a three-dollar bill |
| 释义 | phony as a three-dollar bill and queer as a three-dollar bill Theme: False/ mod. phony; bogus.This guy's as phony as a threedollar bill.The whole deal stinks. It's as queer as a three-dollar bill. Theme: GAY mod. definitely or obviously homosexual. (Usually derogatory. Potentially offensive. Use only with discretion.)That guy is as queer as a three-dollar bill.He's wearing makeup. He's queer as a threedollar bill. queer as a three-dollar bill adjective ostentatiously homosexual US, 1966(as) queer as a three-dollar bill1. Completely and obviously false or fake; not genuine or authentic in the slightest. (There has never been a three-dollar bill in circulation in the United States.) Primarily heard in US. The guy claims to teach you how to get rich in a hurry, but the whole thing sounds as queer as a three-dollar bill. The senator's hammed-up, teary-eyed speech was queer as a three-dollar bill, if you ask me. 2. Completely or blatantly not heterosexual or cisgender. Offensive when used pejoratively. Primarily heard in US. Honey, I'm as queer as a three-dollar bill and proud of it. queer as a three-dollar billverbSee as phony as a three-dollar bill queer as a three-dollar billverbSee as queer as a three-dollar bill queer as a three-dollar billPhoney. The adjective queer means not only strange and, in modern slang, homosexual, but it also long meant counterfeit. Although this last meaning has not survived, the cliché here preserves it. There has never actually been a three-dollar bill. The expression dates from the late nineteenth century, although queer for “counterfeit” dates back as far as 1740. |
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