| 词组 | picnic |
| 释义 | picnic Theme: PLEASURE n. a good time; an easy time.What a great class! Every day was a real picnic.Nothing to it. A real picnic.It wasn't a terrible day, but it was no picnic. picnic 1. noun 1 oral sex, especially on a man US, 1964. 2 extended foreplay and/or sexual intercourse US, 1993. 3 sex involving many people and many acts; an orgy US, 1964. 4 a difficult situation NEW ZEALAND, 1998. 5 something difficult, unpleasant, messy, confusing, etc. An ironic use AUSTRALIA, 1896.► no picnica difficult situation or circumstance UK, 1888 2. verb (used of fishing boats) to congregate in one area where fish are plentiful BARBADOS, 1965 a few sandwiches short of a picnicA pejorative phrase meaning not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity. It can appear in many different forms and variations (for example: a few bricks shy of a load, a few cards shy of a full deck, etc.). He says he's going to start a business selling bees as pets. I think he may be a few sandwiches short of a picnic. a sandwich shy of a picnicA pejorative phrase meaning not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity. This expression can appear in many different forms and variations (e.g., several bricks short of a load," "one card shy of a full deck," etc.). He says he's going to start a business selling bees as pets—I think he may be a sandwich shy of a picnic. The new manager is nice enough, but he's a sandwich shy of a picnic, if you ask me. one sandwich shy of a picnicA pejorative phrase meaning not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity. This expression can appear in many different forms and variations (e.g., several bricks short of a load," "one card shy of a full deck," etc.). He says he's going to start a business selling bees as pets—I think he may be one sandwich shy of a picnic. The new manager is nice enough, but he's one sandwich shy of a picnic, if you ask me. be no picnicTo be not an easy task; to be unenjoyable or challenging. I love kids, but watching 20 of them at once is no picnic, believe me! Spending a beautiful Saturday afternoon cleaning out the garage is no picnic. no picnicNot an easy task; unenjoyable or challenging. I love kids, but watching 20 of them at once is no picnic, believe me! Spending a beautiful Saturday afternoon cleaning out the garage is no picnic. be one sandwich short of a picnicTo be not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity. It can appear in many different forms and variations (for example: a few bricks shy of a load, a few cards shy of a full deck, etc.) He says he's going to start a business selling bees as pets. I think he may be one sandwich short of a picnic. one sandwich short of a picnicA pejorative phrase meaning not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity. It can appear in many different forms and variations (for example: one card short of a full deck, one brick shy of a full load, etc.). He says he's going to start a business selling bees as pets—I think he may be one sandwich short of a picnic. The new manager is nice enough, but he's one sandwich short of a picnic, if you ask me. make (something) seem like a picnicTo be so difficult, complicated, or harmful as to make something else that is normally very difficult or negative seem easy, simple, or pleasant by comparison. If we don't act now, the financial crisis waiting for us will make the last recession seem like a picnic. it's no picnicIt is not an easy task; it is unenjoyable or challenging. I love kids, but watching 20 of them at once? It's no picnic, believe me! It's no picnic spending a beautiful Saturday afternoon cleaning out the garage. It's no picnic!Inf. There is nothing easy or pleasant about it. I was on welfare for a year, and it's no picnic. one sandwich short of a picnicInf. not very smart; lacking intelligence. (Jocular.) Poor Bob just isn't too bright. He's one sandwich short of a picnic. She's not stupid. Just one sandwich short of a picnic. no picnicDifficult, no fun, as in Recovering from abdominal surgery is no picnic. This expression, alluding to a picnic as a pleasant occasion, was first recorded in 1888. be no picnicINFORMALIf an experience, job, or activity is no picnic, it is difficult or unpleasant. `Poor little things,' she said of the children. `It's no picnic for them being taken away from their homes.' Being unemployed is no picnic. one sandwich short of a picnicINFORMALIf you say someone is one sandwich short of a picnic, you mean they are stupid or crazy. His daughter confirmed that her father was definitely one sandwich short of a picnic. Note: This expression is very variable. People often replace sandwich and picnic with other nouns, and one with a few. The guy was obviously several cards short of a full deck. Miss Martin is clearly one tent peg short of a full set. Note: These expressions are used humorously. be no picnicbe difficult or unpleasant. informal 2001 Rant While Cheung looks elegant…in the 25 different versions of the cheongsam dress she wears in the film, moving in the garments was no picnic. a sandwich (or two sandwiches) short of a picnic(of a person) stupid or crazy. informalbe no ˈpicnic(informal) be difficult or unpleasant: Living with someone like her is no picnic, believe me.picnic n. a good time; an easy time. Nothing to it. A real picnic. no picnicNo easy task; not an enjoyable experience. This term began to be used frequently in the late nineteenth century. Rudyard Kipling used it several times, as in Wee WillieWinkie (1888): “T’ain’t no bloomin’ picnic in those parts, I can tell you.” |
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