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词组 crock
释义
crock
Theme: DRUNKARD
n. a drunkard.
Give the old crock some money, anything to get him outa here before he barfs or something.The crock wants booze, not money.
Theme: NONSENSE
n. nonsense.
What a crock! You don't know what you are talking about!This whole business is a crock. Hell, life's a crock!
Idiom
crocka crock (of shit)
useless or false information.
My sister told me if I wore dresses I'd have more friends, but I think that's a crock of shit.She called the charges against her “the biggest crock I've ever heard.”
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of crock (= a container)
crock
1. adjective
broken; no good AUSTRALIA, 1957
2. noun
1
an unpleasant or worthless person, object or experience; a waste of time. Contemptuously abbreviated from the familiar CROCK OF SHIT US, 1944.
2
an old and worn-out person or thing UK, 1889.
3
a person with medical problems which are the result of abusive living US, 1978.
4
a computer program that normally functions but fails if modified at all US, 1983.
5
nonsense. An abbreviation of CROCK OF SHIT US, 1962
idiomcrockwhat a crock (of shit) AmEAmE(also that's a crock (of shit))spoken a rude expression used in order to say that something is untrue, wrong, unfair etc:That stuff about Susan being abused is a crock and you know it! "So now I'm being blamed for it, and he's letting people believe it's actually my fault." "What a crock of shit!"
Be careful. Some people think the word shit is rude and may be offended if you use it.

a crock

An obvious lie. The accusation that Peter stole the money from the register is such a crock! He's the most trustworthy and honest man I've ever met.

be a crock of shit

rude slang To be false or ridiculous. He never came, so his promise to help us was a crock of shit! Oh, that rumor is a crock of shit. Can you believe that penalty call? What a crock of shit!

a crock of shit

rude slang Something that is false or ridiculous. He never came, so his promise to help us was a crock of shit! Oh, that rumor is a crock of shit. Can you believe that penalty call? What a crock of shit!

crock up

To damage or hurt someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crock" and "up." Our fence is crocked up because our neighbor ran into it with his tractor.

crock of gold

A particularly large sum of money or valuable resources. Regulators chastised the financial firm for chasing crocks of gold through risky investments of questionable legality rather than protect their clients' funds. You're not going to find a crock of gold going into this business, but it's definitely lucrative enough to make a living.

crock someone or something up

Sl. to damage or harm someone or something. The accident crocked me up a bit. I really crocked up my car last night.

a crock of shit

INFORMAL, VERY RUDE
If someone describes something as a crock of shit, they mean it has no value, is of very poor quality or is completely wrong. Frankly, I think the whole poem is a crock of shit. All that stuff about us splitting up, it's such a crock of shit. Note: A crock is a clay jug or storage jar.

a pot of gold

BRITISH, AMERICAN or

a crock of gold

BRITISH
COMMON If you talk about a pot of gold or a crock of gold, you mean a large amount of money that someone hopes to get in the future, or something that will bring them a large amount of money in the future. The business is now worth at least £100 billion a year — a pot of gold that attracts the most diverse people. The government and employers rejected the notion that there was a crock of gold in unpaid taxes. Note: You can also talk about a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow or a crock of gold at the end of the rainbow, with a similar meaning, though this suggests that you will never get the money. Ethan was sure there was a crock of gold waiting at the end of the rainbow if only he could get himself an agent.

a ˌcrock of ˈshit

(taboo, slang, especially American English) something that is not true: ‘He told me he was working yesterday.’ ‘What a crock of shit! I saw him shopping in town!’

crock

1. n. nonsense. (From crock (of shit).) What a crock! You don’t know what you are talking about!
2. n. a drunkard. Give the old crock some money, anything to get him outa here before he barfs or something.

crock (of shit)

1. n. a mass of lies and deception worth no more than dung. (Usually objectionable.) That’s nothing but a crock of shit! I don’t believe a word of it.
2. n. a person who tells lies. (Rude and derogatory.) He’s just a crock of shit. He never tells the truth.
3. n. a braggart. (Rude and derogatory.) He’s such a crock. He makes everything he has done sound ten times better than it really is.

crock

verb
See crock of shit

crock someone/something up

tv. to damage or harm someone or something. I really crocked up my car last night.

What a crock!

and WAC
exclam. & comp. abb. What a crock of shit!; What a lot of nonsense! Y3. WAC!
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