duck's guts

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something superlative, something outstanding. Australia,informal,plural,plural-only
    — Senator Collins —And the ILC will support it. Senator ELLISON —If it supports it. This is the ducks guts, as we term it in Western Australia. It depends upon whether the ILC says it is a good idea, because I will bet Senator Collins a guinea to a gooseberry that these people— Senator Collins —Is that another thing that Western Australians say?
  2. A difficult or awkward situation, trouble. Barbados,plural,plural-only,slang
    — “We are at a really precarious time in our history. If we can’t get the investors in and we are not achieving a growth agenda as a country, but a consolidation agenda, we are in ducks’ guts,” he [Jeremy Stephen] said.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see duck, gut. plural,plural-only

词形变化

ducks guts alternative ducks' guts alternative
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