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Here is one that I haven’t heard in many years. “He’s so lazy, he wouldn’t play a dead man in a cowboy movie.”
Steven
Steven
I have never heard that. Meaning?"Brook" as a verb, as in "She'll brook no backtalk from those brats." Rarely hear it anymore.
Put up with, listen to, tolerate.I have never heard that. Meaning?
Ah. Thank you for clearing that up.Put up with, listen to, tolerate.
He won't tolerate any argument.
Ah. Thank you for clearing that up.
"Donnybrook," as in "whoa, they had a real donnybrook down there to the Myrtle House last night, three sailors got their teeth kicked in."
"Donnybrook," as in "whoa, they had a real donnybrook down there to the Myrtle House last night, three sailors got their teeth kicked in."
Another variation around here was "hell bent for election."There’s variants like “hell-bent for leather” or “bat out of hell”.
"Donnybrook," as in "whoa, they had a real donnybrook down there to the Myrtle House last night, three sailors got their teeth kicked in."
"Hell Bent For Election" was the title of one of the best political propagnda films of the Era, produced to promote President Roosevelt's reelection campaign in 1944.
The film was produced off-the-clock by a number of the top animators from Warner Bros. and Disney, several of whom went on to form the core of UPA Productions after the war, the eventual home of Mister McGoo. However, the anti-Roosevelt forces had long memories, and when they gained power in Congress, they made a point of hunting down and seeing to the political persecution of as many people connected with the film as they could.
Growing up (mid-'70s-to-'80s) where I did, a "to-do" never referred to an altercation; a "dust-up" typically didn't involve knives, or funerals, or anyone being seriously shot-up. I recall reading in the local paper of what was described as "a dust-up downtown" that resulted in three locals being hospitalized.Not-quite-synonyms include "to-do" and "dustup."
"To-do" might refer to an altercation, but it might not. To "make a big to-do" of something generally meant to make more of it than was fitting or necessary. But "that Jones girl's wedding was quite the to-do" meant it was the spectacle. Real sit-down eatin' and a DJ and everything.
"Dustup" I took to mean an altercation, but one resulting in no lasting injuries, except perhaps to someone's pride.
The America of a hundred and fifty years ago was a hive of ignorant, violent xenophobic nativism. We've come so far.