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fuss and feathers
noun
- an excessively elaborate or pretentious display; ostentation.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of fuss and feathers1
Idioms and Phrases
Needless commotion and display, as in There was so much fuss and feathers over the award ceremony that I decided not to attend . This expression probably survives because of its appealing alliteration. [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
鈥淚 don鈥檛 like fuss and feathers.鈥
Tomorrow I shall put away my 鈥榝uss and feathers鈥 and be desperately good again,鈥 she answered with an affected little laugh.
At her first ball, eldest sister Meg borrows a low-cut, sugar-pink dress from a rich friend 鈥 a disguise of finery that works until she encounters Laurie, her childhood friend and neighbor, who tells her he hates the dress for its 鈥渇uss and feathers.鈥
The general was known as 鈥淥ld Fuss and Feathers鈥 because of his dedication to discipline and pomp.
The beauty of this sweeping movie lies not only in the acting, though we could save fuss and feathers and give Cumberbatch the Oscar right now.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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