toffee
toffee
(pl. toffees)
[mass noun]
not be able to do something for toffee
(pl. toffees)
[mass noun]
- a kind of firm or hard sweet which softens when sucked or chewed, made by boiling together sugar and butter, often with other ingredients or flavourings added
乳脂糖，太妃糖
■[count noun]a small shaped piece of such a sweet
乳脂糖果，太妃糖果 - (Brit. informal, dated)nonsense; rubbish
(英，非正式，旧)胡说，废话
his wife swallowed this load of old toffee.
他妻子忍受着这一大堆老套的混账话。
not be able to do something for toffee
- (Brit. informal)be totally incompetent at doing something
(英，非正式)完全不能胜任某事，干不来某事
Jill said I couldn't sing for toffee.
吉尔说我一点都不会唱歌。
- early 19th cent.: alteration of taffy
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