| 单词 |
doolally |
| 释义 |
doolally, a. slang (orig. Services').|ˈduːlælɪ|
[Spoken form of Deolali (Marashtra, India) + tap n.4]
In full doolally tap. Characterized by an unbalanced state of mind.
1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 75 Deolali tap (otherwise doolally tap), mad, off one's head. Old Army. 1936J. Curtis Gilt Kid vii. 76 What's the matter with that bloke? Doolally? Ibid. xviii. 181 ‘What's up with you for Christ's sake, kid? Come doolally tap?’ Scaley was getting worried... His pal seemed to have gone mad. 1936F. Richards Old-Soldier Sahib iv. 74 Time-expired men sent to Deolalie from their different units might have to wait for months before a troop-ship fetched them home... The well-known saying among soldiers when speaking of a man who does queer things, ‘Oh, he's got the Doo-lally tap,’ originated, I think, in the peculiar way men behaved owing to the boredom of that camp. 1943Hunt & Pringle Service Slang 28 Doolally, very drunk or temporarily insane, without distinction. |
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