介绍:
Dog's dinner
No matter how much Paul tried, his resume still looked like a dog's dinner after he struggled to find work for two years after graduation.
She dressed up like a dog's dinner, in a skirt far too short for the cocktail party.
He dressed up like a dog's dinner in order to lure girls into conversations with him.
Definition: wearing very formal or decorative clothes in a way that attracts attention, or a complete mess
Etymology: The first example of 'dog's dinner' that I have found in print is from The Miami News, October 1933:
And on a bus top at a 57th St. traffic halt a youth from the sidewalk called to a young caigaet-smoking lady at the rail: "What you doing sitting there all dressed up like a dog's dinner?"
Hiking the Appalachian trail
Going on Ashley Madison.com is a great way to hike the Appalachian trail.
Aunt Leila should be worried since her husband is rich, has a lot of free time and travels a lot, he might be hiking the Appalachian trail.
Some say that up to 40% of married Hong Kong men hike the Appalachian trail in Shenzhen.
Definition: euphemism for infidelity
Etymology: We can thank former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford for turning a legitimate test of endurance into slang for sneaking away to meet a mistress. When Sanford disappeared in 2009 for nearly a week, no one (including his wife) had any idea where he'd gone. His spokesperson reported that he wasn't missing, only hiking the Appalachian Trail. But when Sanford reappeared, he admitted he had gone to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair.---Other popular euphemisms include , "A War on two fronts.", "wife in water colors", "groping for trout in a peculiar river."
Leave out in the cold
Women's team sports are left out in the cold by media coverage.
The government's transport policy leaves those who do not own cars out in the cold.
Asian Americans feel left out in the cold by affirmative action policy, that only helps the African American and Hispanic communities.
Definition: to not allow someone to become part of a group or an activity
Etymology: This idiom alludes to being left outdoors without shelter.
