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sad sack
noun
- a pathetically inept person, especially a soldier, who continually blunders in spite of good intentions.
sad sack
noun
- slang.an inept person who makes mistakes despite good intentions
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉补诲顎-蝉补肠办顎 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sad sack1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sad sack1
Idioms and Phrases
A singularly inept person, as in Poor George is a hopeless sad sack . This term alludes to a cartoon character, Sad Sack, invented by George Baker in 1942 and representing a soldier in ill-fitting uniform who failed at whatever he tried to do. It was soon transferred to clumsily inept civilians.Example Sentences
But Martha isn鈥檛 just a sad sack; she is a convicted stalker.
The Chargers are a sad sack organization that will never build a team worthy of a talent like Herbert.
Post Malone, 鈥淎ustin鈥 On which our face-tattooed sad sack trades woozy rap beats for gleaming alt-rock guitars 鈥 then discovers that nirvana remains just out of reach.
Paul Matthews is a fiercely memorable loser, a sad sack who bristles with recognizably Cageian energy.
Would that Christmas sad sack be hosting a cooking show on TikTok?
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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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