balderdash
英 ['bɔːldədæʃ]
美 ['bɔldɚdæʃ]
- balderdash (n.)
- 1590s, of unknown origin; originally a jumbled mix of liquors (milk and beer, beer and wine, etc.), transferred 1670s to "senseless jumble of words." From dash; first element perhaps cognate with Danish balder "noise, clatter" (see boulder).
- 1. You must be! Running us all out of business, they say. Balderdash!
- 一定是! 他们说尽力做好我们的生意. 胡扯!
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