词汇 | Colonel Blimp |
释义 | Idiom Colonel Blimp British, old-fashioned an old man who has old-fashioned ideas and believes he is very important.He's very much a Colonel Blimp with his comments about foreign influences dividing our society. Colonel Blimp noun 1 a shrimp (seafood). Rhyming slang, inspired by the following sense UK, 1992. 2 a very conservative, reactionary man. Often shortened to 'blimp'. From the cartoon character invented by British cartoonist David Low, 1891–1963, and brought to life by Welsh actor Roger Livesey, 1906–76, in the film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 1943 UK, 1934 Colonel BlimpAn older man who is pompous or irritable and adheres to an outdated ideology. The name comes from a British comic strip character that first appeared in the London Evening Standard newspaper in 1934. Primarily heard in UK. He's such a Colonel Blimp when he starts ranting about his views on welfare and the poor. |
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