suck the mop

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be left in a disadvantageous position. idiomatic,slang
    — Kathy says Much obliged, but what I don't appreciate about this piece of moral news is the pairing of successful writer with sexy hotshot lit prof, which leaves us pregnant librarians and failed playwrights sucking the mop.
  2. Of a bus: to be deliberately boxed in by another so as to lose the opportunity to pick up passengers. UK,idiomatic,obsolete,slang
    — "Now then, poppy-head:" — this to the conductor of a rival omnibus before us — "how long am I to go on sucking the mop?"

词形变化

sucks the mop present,singular,third-person sucking the mop participle,present sucked the mop participle,past sucked the mop past
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