wormwood and gall イディオム
play to the gallery
try to get the approval of the audience讨好(低级趣味的)观众;迎合大众的口味
In the past few years,television has been playing to the gallery.过去几年里,电视一直在迎合大众的口味。
The speaker played to the gallery by indulging in vulgar jokes.为了哗众取宠,那位演讲者大讲粗俗的笑话。
Playing to the gallery
If someone plays to the gallery, they say or do things that will make them popular, but which are not the right things to do.
gallows' humor|gallows|humor
n. phr. Bitter joke(s) that make fun of a very serious matter, e.g. death, imprisonment, etc.
When the criminal was led to the electric chair on Monday morning, he said, "Nice way to start the week, eh?"
play to the gallery|gallery|play
v. phr. To try to get the approval of the audience.
Whenever John recites in class he seems to be playing to the gallery. The lawyer for the defense was more interested in playing to the gallery than in winning the case. Compare: SHOW OFF.
ten gallon hat|gallon|hat|ten
n.,
informal A tall felt hat with a wide, rolled brim worn by men in the western part of the U.S.
Men from the southwest usually wear ten gallon hats.
gallery
gallery see
play to the gallery;
rogues' gallery.
rogues' gallery
rogues' gallery A police collection of pictures of criminals and suspects kept for identification purposes. For example,
The detective went through the entire rogues' gallery but couldn't find a match with the suspect. [Mid-1800s]
wormwood and gall
Bitterness, resentment, disappointment, or humiliation; a allegorical antecedent of such feelings. Let me acquaint you, the activity of a book administrator is abounding of wormwood and acrimony these days. My aunt relished cruel, acrimonious opinions on bodies and the world, appearing to adopt feasting on wormwood and acrimony than the abounding joys activity brings.Learn more: and, gall, wormwoodwormwood and gall
a antecedent of absinthian annoyance and grief. literary Gall is bile, a actuality buried by the alarmist and accepted for its bitterness, while wormwood is an ambrosial bulb with a absinthian taste. The announcement originated in advertence to assorted passages in the Bible, for archetype Lamentations 3:19: ‘Remembering abundance adversity and my misery, the wormwood and the gall’.Learn more: and, gall, wormwood