Fred told a long story about his adventures in Africa, but it was all stuff and nonsense.
When Jane said she was too sick to go to school, her mother answered, "Stuff and nonsense! I know there's a test today."
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
stuff and nonsense — noun senseless talk don t give me that stuff • Syn: ↑stuff, ↑hooey, ↑poppycock • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
stuff and nonsense — {n.} Foolish or empty writing or talk; nonsense. * /Fred told a long story about his adventures in Africa, but it was all stuff and nonsense./ Often used as an interjection. * /When Jane said she was too sick to go to school, her mother answered … Dictionary of American idioms
stuff and nonsense — {n.} Foolish or empty writing or talk; nonsense. * /Fred told a long story about his adventures in Africa, but it was all stuff and nonsense./ Often used as an interjection. * /When Jane said she was too sick to go to school, her mother answered … Dictionary of American idioms
stuff and nonsense — noun rubbish, foolishness, poppycock Stuff and nonsense! said Bartle, forgetting in his irritation to whom he was speaking. I beg your pardon, sir, I mean its stuff and nonsense for the innocent to care about her being hanged … Wiktionary
stuff and nonsense — Noun. Worthless or foolish ideas, speech, or writing; nonsense. Often as an exclamation. E.g. Stuff and nonsense! You re talking rubbish … English slang and colloquialisms
Stuff and nonsense! — old fashioned something that you say when you think something is not true or is stupid. Stuff and nonsense! I never said anything of the sort! … New idioms dictionary
stuff and nonsense ! — nonsense, total rubbish, fiddlesticks … English contemporary dictionary
stuff and nonsense — Synonyms and related words: absurdity, absurdness, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, bibble babble, blabber, blather, bombast, claptrap, double talk, drivel, drool, fantasticalness, fiddle faddle, fiddledeedee, flummery, folderol, fudge … Moby Thesaurus
stuff and nonsense — hooey; senseless talk; foolish ideas … English contemporary dictionary
stuff — [stuf] n. [ME stoffe < OFr estoffe < estoffer, prob. < Gr styphein, to pull together, tighten < styppe, tow, coarse cloth of flax or hemp: see STOP] 1. the material or substance out of which anything is or can be made; raw material 2 … English World dictionary
