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单词 palsy-walsy
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Definition of palsy-walsy in English:

palsy-walsy

adjective ˌpalzɪˈwalziˌpælzi ˈwælzi
informal
  • Very friendly or intimate.

    〈非正式〉非常友好的;亲密的

    the president's apparent reluctance to become palsy-walsy with the press
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The writer gives an astute assessment of a country run for the few at the expense of the many. Run by the Palsy-Walsy brigade.
    • The headlines may suggest that Democratic and Republican lawmakers hate each other, but when it comes to consigning the lives of ordinary people to oblivion, everyone on the Hill is all warm and fuzzy and palsy-walsy.
    • Ginger gets on with everyone so he and Doughnut are very palsy walsy!
    Synonyms
    intimate, dear, bosom

Origin

1930s (as a noun in the sense 'friend'): from the noun pal + -sy, by reduplication.

Definition of palsy-walsy in US English:

palsy-walsy

adjectiveˌpalzē ˈwalzēˌpælzi ˈwælzi
informal
  • Very friendly or intimate.

    〈非正式〉非常友好的;亲密的

    the president's apparent reluctance to become palsy-walsy with the press
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ginger gets on with everyone so he and Doughnut are very palsy walsy!
    • The headlines may suggest that Democratic and Republican lawmakers hate each other, but when it comes to consigning the lives of ordinary people to oblivion, everyone on the Hill is all warm and fuzzy and palsy-walsy.
    • The writer gives an astute assessment of a country run for the few at the expense of the many. Run by the Palsy-Walsy brigade.
    Synonyms
    intimate, dear, bosom

Origin

1930s (as a noun in the sense ‘friend’): from the noun pal + -sy, by reduplication.

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