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Traditional English :: picnic
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picnicky.html - n. & v. --n. 1 an outing or excursion including a packed meal eaten out of doors. 2 any meal eaten out of doors or without preparation, tables, chairs, etc. 3 (usu. with neg.) colloq. something agreeable or easily accomplished etc. (it was no picnic organizing the meeting). --v.intr. (picnicked, picnicking) take part in a picnic. picnicker n. picnicky adj. colloq. [F pique-nique, of unkn. orig.] |
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Traditional English :: picnic
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picnicky.html - n. & v. --n. 1 an outing or excursion including a packed meal eaten out of doors. 2 any meal eaten out of doors or without preparation, tables, chairs, etc. 3 (usu. with neg.) colloq. something agreeable or easily accomplished etc. (it was no picnic organizing the meeting). --v.intr. (picnicked, picnicking) take part in a picnic. picnicker n. picnicky adj. colloq. [F pique-nique, of unkn. orig.] |
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Traditional English :: picnic
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picnicky.html - n. & v. --n. 1 an outing or excursion including a packed meal eaten out of doors. 2 any meal eaten out of doors or without preparation, tables, chairs, etc. 3 (usu. with neg.) colloq. something agreeable or easily accomplished etc. (it was no picnic organizing the meeting). --v.intr. (picnicked, picnicking) take part in a picnic. picnicker n. picnicky adj. colloq. [F pique-nique, of unkn. orig.] |
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English Idioms :: pick
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picnicky.html - See: BONE TO PICK or CROW TO PICK. |
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English Idioms :: pick holes in
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picnicky.html - {v. phr.} To criticize or find fault with something, such as a speech, a statement, a theory, etc. * /It is easier to pick holes in someone else's argument than to make a good one yourself./ |
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English Idioms :: pick a bone
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picnicky.html - See: BONE TO PICK. |
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