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carry corn
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carry corn (三人称単数 現在形 carries corn, 現在分詞 carrying corn, 過去形および過去分詞形 carried corn)
- (colloquial, dated) To (be able to) handle success or prosperity in an equable manner.
- 2003, Richard Hoggart, Everyday Language and Everyday Life (page 95)
'A bad workman blames his tools' is widely taken as an accepted classic truth […] Perhaps French also contains its exasperated partner: 'If you want a thing done well, do it yourself'. One of my relatives had a favourite image for men who failed such tests: 'He can't carry corn'. He wasn't literally expected to, either, not in those parts, but the image fitted well enough. In fact, it seemed to carry a great charge of rejection. - 2019, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne, Kate Meredith, Financier
That man can't carry corn. He evidently gets a heap too loose tongue if you offer him just a little civility.
- 2003, Richard Hoggart, Everyday Language and Everyday Life (page 95)
参照
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
- 1828, William Carr, The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York (page 86): "Can't carry corn; this expression is applied to one who is too much elated by prosperity."
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