see a man about a horse

الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية

تعريف see a man about a horse في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.

A message signaling one needs to go missing for a short while, for any reason, without giving a real explanation

A message signaling one needs to urinate (used mainly of men)

Wait for me here. I'll only be a couple of minutes. I've just got to see a man about a horse.

المصطلحات ذات الصلة

see a man

To take one's leave for some urgent purpose, especially to go to the bathroom

see a man

A bland euphemism to conceal one's true purpose

see a man

To go have a drink or to meet one's bootlegger

الواصلة

see a man a·bout a horse

التركية النطق

si ı män ıbaut ı hôrs

النطق

/ˈsē ə ˈman əˈbout ə ˈhôrs/ /ˈsiː ə ˈmæn əˈbaʊt ə ˈhɔːrs/

علم أصول الكلمات

() The saying comes from the 1866 Dion Boucicault play, Flying Scud, in which a character knowingly breezes past a difficult situation saying, "Excuse me Mr. Quail, I can't stop; I've got to see a man about a dog."