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词汇 diddly
释义
diddly
noun anything at all. An abbreviation of DIDDLY-SHIT US, 1964
idiomdiddlynot ___ (jack) diddly AmEAmE(also not ___ diddly-squat)(or not ___ diddly-shit)spoken to not do, have, know etc anything at all:The financial aid department was no help at all. They didn't do jack diddly for me.A few months ago a situation like this wouldn't have meant diddly-squat because the stock market was doing so well. But now it's a problem.
Note The verbs that are most commonly used with this idiom are 'do', 'have', 'know', 'mean', 'get', and 'earn'. You may hear people use this expression without 'not' to mean the same thing.

diddly-squat

Nothing; anything at all (when used in negative statements). I have to admit that I know diddly-squat when it comes to computers. Unless you give me something in writing, that promise isn't worth diddly-squat.

diddly

Nothing; anything at all (when used in negative statements). I have to admit that I know diddly when it comes to computers. Unless you give me something in writing, that promise isn't worth diddly.

not mean diddly

To not mean or be worth anything at all. I don't understand the first thing about computers, so these instructions don't mean diddly to me. Unless you give me something in writing, the promise of a pay raise doesn't mean diddly.

diddly-shit

1. noun, rude slang Nothing; anything at all (when used in negative statements). I have to admit that I know diddly-shit when it comes to computers. Unless you give me something in writing, that promise isn't worth diddly-shit.
2. adjective, rude slang Useless. Ugh, this diddly-shit printer has stopped working again, and I have a paper to print!

not mean diddly

AMERICAN, INFORMAL
If something does not mean diddly, it is completely unimportant. I have been playing this game for a long time and I know that one shot doesn't mean diddly.

ˈdiddly

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ˌdiddly-ˈsquat

(American English, informal) (often used in negative sentences) not anything; nothing: I don’t know what’s wrong with him — he tells me diddly-squat.She doesn’t know diddly about it (= she doesn’t know anything).

diddly-shit

and doodly-shit
1. n. anything at all. (Usually in the negative. Usually objectionable.) I don’t give a diddly-shit what you do!
2. mod. virtually worthless; useless. (Usually objectionable.) I’m gonna take this diddly-shit watch back to the store and get my money back.

diddly-squat

and (doodly-)squat (ˈdɪdliskwɑt and ˈdudliskwɑt)
n. nothing. (Folksy. Originally black or southern.) This contract isn’t worth diddly-squat.
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