| 词汇 | Jack the Lad |
| 释义 | Idiom Jack the Lad British, informal, old-fashioned a confident and not very serious young man who behaves as he wants to without thinking about other people.Three children with three different women? Well, he always was a bit of a Jack the Lad. Jack the Lad 1. adjective bad. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 2. noun 1 someone noticeably sharper, smarter or smugger than the rest; a rogue. In Prison Patter, 1996, Angela Devlin notes that this term is used to excuse dubious – possibly criminal – behaviour by young males UK, 1977. 2 in criminal circles, an exemplary criminal UK, 1974 Jack the LadA confident, carefree young man. Primarily heard in UK. Jim's a bit of a Jack the Lad—he likes his job as a bicycle courier and doesn't care what anybody else thinks. a ˌJack the ˈLad(British English, slang) a young man who is very confident in a noisy way, and enjoys going out with male friends, drinking alcohol and trying to attract women: He used to be a bit of a Jack the Lad — I never thought he’d settle down and get married.This was originally the nickname of an 18th-century thief called Jack Sheppard. |
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