dicky bird

dicky bird
dicky bird ˈdicky bird noun • (BrE) (used by or when speaking to young children 儿语) a bird • 鸟儿;小鸟儿 【IDIOMS】 not say, hear, etc. a dicky bird (BrE, informal) • to say, hear, etc. nothing • 什么也没说(或没听见等):
»He wonˈt say a dicky bird, but we think he knows who did it.
他什么都不肯说,但是我们认为他知道是谁干的。
【ORIGIN】This idiom is from rhyming slang, in which ˈdicky birdˈ stands for ˈwordˈ. • 源自同韵俚语,其中 dicky bird (小鸟儿)代表 word。

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