词汇 | soapy |
释义 | soapy Ⅰ 1. adjective dirty; in a mess; in need of a wash UK, 1996 2. noun the balance after a day of betting. Rhyming slang based on Soapy Vallance, a legendary Australian athlete of the 1930s AUSTRALIA, 1989 Ⅱ ⇨ soapy bubble; soapy noun trouble. Rhyming slang, first recorded in Glasgow. Later used as Cockney rhyming slang UK, 1985 soapy SamOne who is slick and persuasive, especially in speech. The phrase originally referred to Samuel Wilberforce, a 19th-century Bishop of Oxford, who was known for such qualities. This guy is a real soapy Sam—the townspeople believe his every word, even though he has never delivered on a single promise. |
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