英语词组sick as a parrot是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

sick as a parrot extremely disappointed. British humorous

☞ This expression established itself in the late 20th century as a catchphrase associated particularly with disappointed footballers or football managers. But in Aphra Behn's comedy The False Count (1682), we find Jacinta saying to her mistress 'Lord, Madam, you are as melancholy as a sick Parrot.'

2013Daily Telegraph It's wonderful. I'm delighted, thrilled, over the moon. It is the Labour Party who should be sick as a parrot.

词组	sick as a parrot
释义	sick as a parrot extremely disappointed. British humorous ☞ This expression established itself in the late 20th century as a catchphrase associated particularly with disappointed footballers or football managers. But in Aphra Behn's comedy The False Count (1682), we find Jacinta saying to her mistress 'Lord, Madam, you are as melancholy as a sick Parrot.' 2013Daily Telegraph It's wonderful. I'm delighted, thrilled, over the moon. It is the Labour Party who should be sick as a parrot.
随便看	on a plate on approval on a promise on a razor's edge on a roll on a shoestring on a silver platter on a silver platter (or salver) on a silver salver on a sixpence on a string on a tickey on a wing and a prayer on a wing and a prayer on balance on bended knee on bended knee on board once once a -, always a once and for all once and for all (or once for all) once and future once and future once bitten, twice shy