nutty as a fruitcake

短语

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别名

nutty as a fruit cake

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Behaving in an eccentric, foolish, or kooky manner; very nutty.

    非正式

    2003, William Safire / NY Times News Service, "Fruitcake: A word that gets the US Congress to call the cops", Taipei Times, 10 Aug, p. 9, Eugene O'Neill, in his 1914 play, The Movie Man, coined a memorable simile: "We sure are as nutty as a fruitcake or we wouldn't be here."

词源

First use appears c. 1911 or 1912. See cite below.

来源：wiktionary