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[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 407: ‘Drunk as lords,’ she whispered. [Ibid.] 440: I’m going to get drunkern a fiddler’s bitch.
at drunk as (a)..., adj.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 564: We aint got a chance of a fart in a whirlwind of takin that trophy back next December.
at not worth a fart, phr.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 861: The son of a bitch is drunk as a coot.
at drunk as a cootie, adj.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 806: He [...] settled back hopefully to wait for that Chicago stupid Jew-lawyer son of a bitch Ross to come in. Maybe that was the ambulance chasing bastard that had been watering his whisky.
at ambulance-chasing (adj.) under ambulance-chaser, n.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 187: On this day there had been the usual Preem dinner menu of canned franks and canned baked beans, sometimes called ‘Stars and Stripes’.
at stars and stripes, n.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 123: You’re gonna find your ass busted back to private and do a little straight duty. Which would probably kill a college angelina like you.
at angelina, n.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 422: Thats what Chief Bugler Houston was – a regular Mister Brown. Thats one reason I got out of the Corps, him and that Angelina of his.
at angelina, n.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 72: I’ve had one hell of a day, listening to Delbert. He can talk your leg off.
at talk someone’s arm off (v.) under arm, n.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 242: Cant you see he’s in a hurry? You always fiddlef-- around.
at fiddle-fuck around, v.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 276: ‘How about a trip around the world, honey?’ she said silkily, ‘to start off with?’.
at around the world, n.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 41: Smith, no less. I’ll kiss your ass in Macy’s window at high noon on Sataday if I ever heard of a Smith in Brooklyn.
at kiss someone’s arse, v.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 29: ‘In a pig’s asshole,’ Leva said, completing the chant.
at in a pig’s arse! (excl.) under pig’s arse!, excl.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 711: I’ll shove it up all their asses.
at shove it up your arse!, excl.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 455: I don’t give a f-- for them, see? Not a single goddam solitary frazzle-arsed f--.
at -arsed, sfx
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 221: Went on the bum, instead of finding him a good hotassed wench and settlin down.
at hot-arsed, adj.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 755: I’m going to kill Fatso, just as sure as God made little green apples. I aint got no choice.
at sure as God made little (green) apples under sure as..., phr.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 856: He grabbed a BAR and clip bag for himself [...] making a mental note to eat Malleaux’s ass out.
at eat someone’s ass off/out under ass, n.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 340: He had earned the management of his gambling shed by being in the same company 17 years and ass-kissing his superiors every minute of that time.
at ass-kiss, v.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 431: ‘What is pseudo?’ Prewitt asked. ‘It means half-assed,’ Angelo said. [Ibid.] 886: But a half-assed fool couldnt do it, any more than a half-assed fool could do anything, and do it well.
at half-assed, adj.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 762: And your muscles ached and toughened [...] And your asshole ached and tightened, when you thought about a woman.
at asshole, n.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 580: As a joke, it did not come off very well. [...] ‘Shut up, Mack,’ the Sgt said to Prew. ‘The more you pop off, the harder you make it for on yourself.’.
at pop off (at the mouth), v.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 194: There’ll be no backseat drivin from the Orderly Room if I take your kitchen.
at backseat driver, n.1
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 837: ‘Well, I’ll be damned!’ he said. ‘Look who’s turned up.’ ‘Bad pennies,’ Prew said.
at bad penny (n.) under bad, adj.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 693: Milt Warden had it bad.
at have (got) it bad (v.) under bad, adj.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 632: Yellow my big fat ass [...] Yellow my balls.
at my balls! (excl.) under balls!, excl.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 923: He was up with it all evening while you guys were banging ear.
at bang (someone’s) ear (v.) under bang, v.1
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 687: That would mean his usual evenings at the Club for poker and bar-flying [...] could not be counted on to give her a chance to get away.
at bar-fly, v.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 846: Mrs Kipfer had just got in a shipment of four new beaves, to help take care of the influx of draftees.
at beave, n.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 193: I was acting bellyrobber on one stripe. Only I was never acting.
at belly burglar (n.) under belly, n.
[US] J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 292: There was a bigtime pimp use to come in the store.
at big-time, adj.
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