Uncle Joe only seems to bore his audiences with his long shaggy dog jokes, for when he comes to the long-awaited punch line, he gets very few laughs.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
Shaggy dog — or The Shaggy Dog may refer to: Shaggy Dog (play), a 1968 television play by Dennis Potter The Shaggy Dog (1959 film), starring Fred MacMurray and Tommy Kirk The Shaggy Dog (1994 film), a made for TV remake starring Ed Begley, Jr. and Scott… … Wikipedia
shaggy-dog — adjective Date: 1946 of, relating to, or being a long drawn out circumstantial story concerning an inconsequential happening that impresses the teller as humorous or interesting but the hearer as boring and pointless; also of, relating to, or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Shaggy Dog Story (TV) — Shaggy Dog Story was a charity programme for Children in Need, put together by the BBC in 1999 as a sequel to the previous year s Future Generations video (featuring chilcren s programmes), and the great success of 1997 s Perfect Day charity… … Wikipedia
shaggy dog (story) — or shaggy dog n. 〚from such an anecdote involving a shaggy dog〛 a long, rambling joke, typically involving ludicrously unreal or irrational behavior and usually having an irrelevant conclusion * * * … Universalium
shaggy dog (story) — or shaggy dog n. [from such an anecdote involving a shaggy dog] a long, rambling joke, typically involving ludicrously unreal or irrational behavior and usually having an irrelevant conclusion … English World dictionary
shaggy dog (story) — or shaggy dog n. [from such an anecdote involving a shaggy dog] a long, rambling joke, typically involving ludicrously unreal or irrational behavior and usually having an irrelevant conclusion … English World dictionary
shaggy dog story — A shaggy dog story is a joke which is a long story with a silly end … The small dictionary of idiomes
shaggy-dog story — ► shaggy dog story a long, rambling story or joke, amusing only because it is absurdly inconsequential. Main Entry: ↑shaggy … English terms dictionary
shaggy dog story — shaggy dog .story n old fashioned a long joke that usually ends in a silly or disappointing way … Dictionary of contemporary English
shaggy dog story — shaggy dog ,story noun count a very long joke that ends in a silly way … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
