go crook Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
by hook or by crook
in any way necessary She says that she will go to Italy this year by hook or by crook.
Crooklyn
see Brooklyn
Crooked as a dog's hind leg
Someone who is very dishonest is as crooked as a dog's hind leg.
by hook or by crook|crook|hook
adv. phr. By honest ways or dishonest in any way necessary.
The wolf tried to get the little pigs by hook or by crook. The team was determined to win that last game by hook or by crook, and three players were put out of the game for fouling.
by hook or crook
by hook or crook By any means possible, in one way or another. For example,
The car broke down, but I'll get there by hook or crook. This term has a disputed origin. A widely held theory is that it comes from the custom of allowing commoners to take as much wood from royal forests as they could reach with a shepherd's crook and cut down with a billhook. [1300s] Also see the synonym
by any means.
crook
crook In addition to the idioms beginning with
crook, also see
by hook or crook.
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crook one's elbow
crook one's elbow
crook one's elbow Also,
bend one's elbow. Drink liquor, especially a great deal. For example,
Bill is known to crook his elbow now and then, or
Uncle Joe rather overdoes it with bending his elbow. Both slangy expressions allude to the motion of lifting a drink to one's lips, which involves bending the elbow. The first dates from about 1820, and the second from about 1900.
hook or crook
hook or crook see
by hook or crook.
lừa đảo
1. Trở nên tức giận hoặc cáu kỉnh. Chủ yếu được nghe ở Úc. Tất nhiên anh ta vừa lừa đảo - bạn vừa xúc phạm anh ta trước mặt cả thị trấn! 2. Bị ốm. Chủ yếu được nghe ở Úc. Ồ, tối qua cô ấy đi lừa đảo, nên tui đến thế chỗ cô ấy .. Xem thêm: crook, go
go cheat
1 mất bình tĩnh; trở nên tức giận. 2 bị bệnh. Tiếng Cheat bất chính thức của Úc và New Zealand trong tiếng lóng của Úc vào cuối thế kỷ 19 có nghĩa là "xấu" hoặc "khó chịu". 1 1950 Coast to Coast 1949–50 Bạn sẽ làm gì nếu bị trục xuất? Tôi cá là ông già sẽ đi lừa đảo. . Xem thêm: kẻ gian, đi. Xem thêm: