how's your father

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A whatsit; a thing which the speaker is unable or unwilling to specify more precisely. UK,countable,slang
    — And meanwhile at the station, there's a couple of likely lads Who swear like how's your father, and they're very cool for cats.
  2. Sexual intercourse. UK,euphemistic,slang,uncountable
    — I popped round Mary's for a bit of how's your father.

词形变化

how's your fathers plural

词源

A popular catchphrase of the 1910s popularised by music-hall entertainer Harry Tate, who used it for comic effect to change the subject away from one about which his character was ignorant (hence sense 1) or a taboo subject (hence sense 2).
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