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Definition of curate's egg in English: curate's eggnounkjʊərətsˈɛɡkjʊərətsˈeɡ British A thing that is partly good and partly bad. 〈英〉好坏参半的东西 this book is a bit of a curate's egg 这本书有点良莠参半。 Example sentencesExamples - In my opinion, it's a bit of a curate's egg, so no more than five for now!
- It would be being over kind to suggest that it's a curate's egg of a schedule, but it's not quite the stinker it could have been.
- The collection is something of a curate's egg and some of the essays, it must be said, seem to trail off into rather bizarre fields of modem learning.
- It's a fine film, the very definition, perhaps, of a curate's egg.
- The market this week has been a real curate's egg with cattle taking a sharp downward turn following upon the Irish dumping; but the other two sectors were very healthy.
- Like the curate's egg, they have been good in parts.
- The markets on Monday and Tuesday were akin to the old curate's egg.
- While the evening was, like the curate's egg, only good in parts, it still made for a good evening in the theatre and one I have no reservation in recommending.
- There are many who aver that the various systems of medicines resemble a curate's egg, good in parts.
- Another curate's egg certainly won't be good enough.
- The defence was like the curate's egg, good in spots, but inclined to be a bit jittery under pressure.
- Jones has been trying to run a curate's egg in an industry that has become increasingly specialised.
- But without the accompanying TV show, all crashing waves, white sand and gnarly crofters, the book reveals itself as something of a curate's egg.
- In fact it's a curate's egg - good in parts, but the parts that are good are very good.
- Volumes of collected journalism do rather tend to be curate's eggs.
- Like the curate's egg, Costa Rica's goalkeeper was good in spots.
- This compilation is a bit of a curate's egg, omitting the Virgin years which yielded the band's classic output and instead gathering together material from early albums, live material from the 80s and a slew of 90s pieces.
- The result: a curate's egg of a company which will find it hard to punch its weight in stock markets wary of hybrid deals based on regulatory need rather than financial reality.
- Like the curate's egg, this path is good in parts.
- Like the curate's egg, however, our experience was only good in parts.
OriginEarly 20th century: from a cartoon in Punch (1895) depicting a meek curate who, given a stale egg at the bishop's table, assures his host that ‘parts of it are excellent’. Definition of curate's egg in US English: curate's eggnounkjʊərətsˈeɡ British A thing that is partly good and partly bad. 〈英〉好坏参半的东西 this book is a bit of a curate's egg 这本书有点良莠参半。 Example sentencesExamples - The result: a curate's egg of a company which will find it hard to punch its weight in stock markets wary of hybrid deals based on regulatory need rather than financial reality.
- The defence was like the curate's egg, good in spots, but inclined to be a bit jittery under pressure.
- It's a fine film, the very definition, perhaps, of a curate's egg.
- Like the curate's egg, this path is good in parts.
- The markets on Monday and Tuesday were akin to the old curate's egg.
- Like the curate's egg, they have been good in parts.
- Like the curate's egg, Costa Rica's goalkeeper was good in spots.
- The market this week has been a real curate's egg with cattle taking a sharp downward turn following upon the Irish dumping; but the other two sectors were very healthy.
- In fact it's a curate's egg - good in parts, but the parts that are good are very good.
- In my opinion, it's a bit of a curate's egg, so no more than five for now!
- But without the accompanying TV show, all crashing waves, white sand and gnarly crofters, the book reveals itself as something of a curate's egg.
- While the evening was, like the curate's egg, only good in parts, it still made for a good evening in the theatre and one I have no reservation in recommending.
- It would be being over kind to suggest that it's a curate's egg of a schedule, but it's not quite the stinker it could have been.
- Another curate's egg certainly won't be good enough.
- Jones has been trying to run a curate's egg in an industry that has become increasingly specialised.
- The collection is something of a curate's egg and some of the essays, it must be said, seem to trail off into rather bizarre fields of modem learning.
- There are many who aver that the various systems of medicines resemble a curate's egg, good in parts.
- This compilation is a bit of a curate's egg, omitting the Virgin years which yielded the band's classic output and instead gathering together material from early albums, live material from the 80s and a slew of 90s pieces.
- Volumes of collected journalism do rather tend to be curate's eggs.
- Like the curate's egg, however, our experience was only good in parts.
OriginEarly 20th century: from a cartoon in Punch (1895) depicting a meek curate who, given a stale egg at the bishop's table, assures his host that ‘parts of it are excellent’. |