| 词汇 | nutty as a fruitcake |
| 释义 | Idiom (as) nutty as a fruitcake Theme: CRAZINESS silly; crazy. (Slang. A fruitcake usually has lots of nuts in it.)Whenever John goes to a party, he gets as nutty as a fruitcake.Sally has been acting as nutty as a fruitcake lately. Slang nutty as a fruitcake Theme: CRAZINESS mod. very silly or stupid.The whole idea is as nutty as a fruitcake.Tom is as nutty as a fruitcake. They will put him in a nuttery someday. Idiom nutty as a fruitcake(as) nutty as a fruitcake crazy.She's as nutty as a fruitcake. nutty as a fruitcake adjective insane, crazy. An elaboration of NUTTY UK, 1935(as) nutty as a fruitcakeCrazy or wacky. Usually used humorously. The kids are always nutty as fruitcakes when they've had something sugary to eat. My Aunt Jeannie has always been nutty as a fruitcake. *nutty as a fruitcakeand nuttier than a fruitcakecrazy. (*Also: as ~.) Don't pay any attention to John; he's nutty as a fruitcake. Mary's schemes for making money are nuttier than a fruitcake. nutty as a fruitcakeCrazy, idiotic, as in Mary's nutty as a fruitcake if she thinks she can get away with that. The adjective nutty meaning "insane" was first recorded in 1821; the similarity to fruitcake, which literally contains nuts as well as fruit, was first recorded in 1935. nutty as a fruitcakeBRITISH, INFORMALIf someone is as nutty as a fruitcake, they are crazy. The man is a charmer — intense, funny, and nutty as a fruitcake. Note: `Nutty' or `nuts' is an informal word for mad. Nutty can also mean containing a lot of nuts in the way that a fruitcake often does. nutty as a fruitcakecompletely crazy. informalNutty meaning ‘mad or crazy’ dates from the late 19th century, and this phrase, punning on the sense of ‘full of nuts’, from the 1930s. Fruitcake is also used on its own to mean ‘a crazy or eccentric person’. (as) nutty as a ˈfruitcake(informal, humorous) (of a person) completely crazy: He’s as nutty as a fruitcake. Do you know what he did yesterday? He had lunch outside in the pouring rain.nutty as a fruitcakeverbSee as nutty as a fruitcake |
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