英语

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词源

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在20世纪10年代原为澳大利亚英语,“指以前看守农田并用石头砸糟蹋庄稼的乌鸦的职业”。[1]

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叹词

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stone the crows

  1. (英國澳大利亞口語) 天啊 表达惊讶或仅强调的一般化叹词
    • 1924, C. J. Dennis, “Rose Of Spadgers”, 出自 Sentimental Bloke and Other Verses, 出版於 198886:
      “Why, stone the crows! I′ll look yous up,” sez ′e. / “I need some friends: I ain′t got wife nor chick.”
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    • 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books,第 141 頁:
      The he pinched himself to make sure he was really awake, "Stone the crows!" he said softly. "Stone the crows!"
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    • 1988, Janette Turner Hospital, Charades63:
      So I says to meself: stone the crows, I′m a doomed man, might as well shoot through. It was cyclone time, see, and there′s been flash floods and this rock as big as a house has gone.
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    • 2008, Norman Jorgensen, Jack′s Island, ReadHowYouWant, 出版於 2011170:
      Stone the crows,’ I whispered in sheer relief.
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用法说明

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可以和其他类似俗语一起使用,比如:stone the crows and pickle the lizards

近义词

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参考资料

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  1. James Lambert The Macquarie Book of Slang (Sydney: Macquarie Library) 1996.