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词汇 grass
释义
grass
Theme: DRUGS - MARIJUANA
n. marijuana.
These kids manage to find this grass somewhere.Almost everybody knows that grass means marijuana.
Theme: FOOD
n. lettuce; salad greens.
I could use a little more grass in my diet.Do you want some dressing on your grass?
grass
1. noun
1
an informer. Rhyming slang based on 'grasshopper', COPPER (a policeman) UK, 1932.
2
marijuana. The term of choice during the 1960s and 70s US, 1943.
3
hair, especially a crew cut AUSTRALIA, 1919.
4
a woman's pubic hair US, 1964. have more grass than Kew Gardensused of a person who is known as a regular police informer UK, 1984. out to grassretired from work; hence no longer in use. An image of old horses put out to grass UK, 1969
2. verb
1
to inform; to betray. From GRASS (an informer). Also variant 'grass up' UK, 1936.
2
to engage in sexual intimacy CANADA, 1999.
3
to defeat; to beat US, 2002
idiomgrassbe put out to grass be put out to pasturethe grass is (always) greener (on the other side of the fence)used in order to say that what someone else has always seems better than what you have:I used to long for retirement - but, you know how it is, the grass is always greener somewhere else.I think it's a case of the grass being greener on the other side of the fence - you look at someone and you wish you had her figure, or her hair.the grass rootsordinary the ordinary people in an organization, rather than the leadersoften used in politics:The organization says its grass roots are in working class Labour-voting families.We ought to be listening to the grass roots, and asking them what to do about this problem.grass-roots: Deciding how to revitalize the community and get the most for their money was a grass-roots effort.not let the grass grow under your feetto not waste time, or to start doing something without any delay:Goldmark accepted the proposal an hour after it was made - they didn't let the grass grow under their feet on this one.Matthew's not someone who lets the grass grow under his feet. I would imagine he's started already.
phrasegrass[grassed, grassed, grassing]
grass on
grass on sb BrE informal to tell people in authority about something illegal or bad that a person has done: Scarlet promised that she wouldn't grass on Charlie if the police came looking for him. Some of the men had been beaten up for grassing on other prisoners. SIMILAR TO: inform on, grass up BrE informal
grass over
grass sth overgrass over sth usually passive to plant grass over an area of land: Eventually the flower beds were flattened and grassed over.
grass up
grass sb upgrass up sb BrE informal if someone grasses up a person that they know, they tell people in authority about something illegal or bad that the person has done: When my mum found out about the drugs, she went to the police. She grassed me up. The officer publicly accused his colleagues of racism and was himself accused of grassing up his mates. SIMILAR TO: inform on, grass on BrE informal

grass

1. slang Marijuana. You need to do something more productive with your life than sitting around smoking grass all day.
2. slang Lettuce and similar greens. Typically used derogatorily. I'm too hungry to just eat grass. Can't we get steak or something to go with our salads?

grass

1. n. marijuana. (Drugs and now widely known.) These kids manage to find this grass somewhere.
2. n. lettuce; salad greens. (see also rabbit food.) I could use a little more grass in my diet.
See:
  • (as) green as grass
  • a snake in the grass
  • at the grass roots
  • be like watching grass grow
  • be put out to grass
  • between hay and grass
  • don't let the grass grow under (one's) feet
  • don't let the grass grow under one's feet
  • don't let the grass grow under your feet
  • grass
  • grass is always greener (on the other side of the fence), the
  • grass is always greener on the other side, the
  • grass party
  • grass roots
  • grass widow
  • grass widower
  • grasshead
  • grasshopper
  • grassroots
  • grasstops
  • green as grass
  • if there's grass on the field, play ball
  • if there's grass on the pitch, play ball
  • kick (something) into the long grass
  • kick something into the long grass
  • let grass grow under feet
  • let the grass grow beneath (one's) feet
  • let the grass grow under (one's) feet
  • like watching grass grow
  • live, horse, and you will get grass
  • marsh grass
  • not let the grass grow beneath (one's) feet
  • not let the grass grow under (one's) feet
  • not let the grass grow under feet
  • not let the grass grow under your feet
  • put (someone or something) out to grass
  • put out to grass
  • put out to grass/pasture, to be
  • put someone or something out to grass
  • put/turn/send somebody out to grass
  • send (someone or something) out to grass
  • snake in the grass
  • the grass is always greener
  • the grass is always greener (on the other side)
  • The grass is always greener on the other side
  • the grass is greener on the other side
  • the grass roots
  • turn (someone or something) out to grass
  • you could hear the grass grow(ing)
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