单词 | blither |
例句 | “My husband’s aunt is a blithering idiot who has completely lost her wits. You should have told me of her requests at once.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "You blithering bumpkin!" screeched The Grand High Witch. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z A blithering assault of fireworks followed, at one point spelling out “TRUMP 2020,” turning the sky itself into a scorched canvas for the Trump Aesthetic — which is now, it seems, the American Aesthetic. The presidency has been swamped by the Trump Aesthetic 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z I came unglued, shambling to my car like some blithering zombie, saying your name over and over to myself, like a mantra. 'What should I have done differently?' A conversation with my son about divorce 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Miller took one of the better-known characters from Stephen King's ginormous novel and transformed him into a slavering, blithering idiot, adding one more thing to despise atop a mountain of mediocrity. "The Stand" finale is aggravating confirmation that Stephen King still needs more Black friends 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Heigl remains an appealing, natural presence in movies, however blithering the characters she plays. Killers: My Husband Is an Assassin (in a Very Bad Movie) 2010-06-05T02:35:00Z Good writing and direction might have saved them, but Vardalos is weak on both counts; as a result, both characters come across as blithering, childish idiots. Ranking: Valentine’s Day Films From Worst to Best 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z But do its so-called heroes really have to be such blithering New Age idiots? “Prometheus”: Ridley Scott’s dazzling, sci-fi spectacle 2012-06-06T20:09:00Z But burdened by its bluster, “Extraction 2” is merely a loud, blithering mess masquerading as fulfilling escapism. ‘Extraction 2’ Review: No Escape 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z But Mr. Ayckbourn also knows that truth sometimes slips into the idle blithering that we call conversation. ‘Ayckbourn Ensemble,’ 3 Offerings by the British Playwright 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z There’s neither antic sketch comedy nor blithering quirkiness in his performance, but a directness that goes together with the character’s substantial yet nerdy sincerity. Everyone Is a "Trainwreck" 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z If they were to admit that all these law enforcement personnel and judicial officers have had ample reason to believe that Trump is guilty, they would have to admit that they are blithering fools. The case against Hunter Biden: Republicans dissatisfied because it isn't political — it's personal 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Not even if she's smart and capable and he's a blithering moron. Trump goes with the "too stupid to know better" defense 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Ramaswamy makes mincemeat out of blithering idiots in the media like “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd, who honestly tried making a scientific, biological argument that there is a whole broad “spectrum” of genders. Who can beat Trump in a debate? 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z The internet, however, is very good at turning otherwise normal people into blithering idiots who love Trump and hate democracy. GOP book-banning morphs into a new goal: Defunding libraries 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z NJ Baker is done with “stupid women who start out with intelligence, then turn into blithering idiots over men who aren’t worth their shoe leather.” Perspective | What readers hate most in books — from dreams to italics 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z "It's his achievement. I'm in the background blithering away." Becoming world champion with your dad commentating 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z It is not only harmful to individual nations, but it is having a blithering effect on multilateral cooperation to address global security, economic and climate issues. Ukraine emerges as our tumultuous world’s new ‘beacon of light’ 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z “Stop your idiotic blithering fear mongering already,” one correspondent wrote. Americans are tired of the pandemic. But disease experts preach caution — and endure a ‘kill the messenger’ moment. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The internet, however, is very good at turning otherwise normal people into blithering idiots who love Trump and hate democracy. GOP book-banning morphs into a new goal: Defunding libraries 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Other taunts include “twerp,” “blithering idiot,” “pathetic loser” and “sad, small, cruel, insignificant little heart.” What to watch with your kids: ‘2 Hearts,’ ‘ Honest Thief’ and more 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z "Sessions HAD to recuse himself, you complete blithering idiot," conservative author Ann Coulter wrote to Trump in a May tweet. Jeff Sessions dismisses Trump's 'juvenile insults': 'My honor and integrity are far more important' 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Crucial game: Their next one, and that’s not blithering coach speak. Who Will Make the N.F.L. Playoffs? Here’s Your Guide 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z To the uninitiated, this all seems like blind, blithering hatred. The Pittsburgh Shooting and the Dark, Specific Logic of Online Hatred 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z The civilized world either ignores the blithering madman or takes note and carries on. Facebook equal to Soviet Union’s Pravda 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z If, in fact, Trump is a blithering idiot who stepped on a hornet's nest, then there's reason to believe that he pulled back to avoid the public outcry, if nothing else. Is Donald Trump truly incompetent? Not nearly as much as liberals hope 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z So we can only assume that the blithering, paranoid egomaniac who somehow hoodwinked his way onto Fox News Channel’s morning show was an imposter. Donald Trump perfects the art of the self-contradictory interview | Richard Wolffe 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z We could spend some time celebrating the fact that there’s still consensus about hating your blithering racism. ‘Shithole countries’? Words worthy of racist-in-chief | Richard Wolffe 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z This year’s list included “blithering,” ”gauche” and “mugwump,” which refers to a person who remains aloof or independent - especially from party politics. Words banned for the new year? ‘Fake news’ gets top vote 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z This year’s list included “blithering,” ”gauche” and “mugwump,” which refers to a person who remains aloof or independent — especially from party politics. List bans ‘fake news,’ ‘covfefe’ and ‘let me ask you this’ 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z But she was furious that "blithering idiots" from party headquarters had sent her and fellow canvassers to addresses in Derbyshire which had been picked out to target because the occupiers earned relatively high salaries. Inside the Tories' election post-mortem 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z And no, it was not to bring about this blithering idiocy that I co-founded the first Congress of Racial Equality chapter in Pittsburgh in the 1960s. Donald Trump didn’t out black racists either — would that have been something to watch or what? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z He didn’t implode, he didn’t blither, he didn’t continually interrupt Hillary Clinton and he didn’t even sniff much. Trump won the third debate 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z No serious person. organization, newspaper or magazine will endorse Trump because he is a blithering idiot. Donald Trump Beat Expectations Everywhere, Suggesting a Broad Shift 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z “I really liked Marco until the last week and a half when he became a blithering idiot. The comments, the innuendo and the outright third-grade attacks, I wouldn’t support him for dogcatcher anymore,” he said. Rubio's latest challenge: putting a positive spin on failure 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z But then don’t we just assume her speech was so much perfunctory blithering. Hillary vs. the Wisdom of Crowds 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z On Saturday, Cruz began his speech by noting that everyone who comes before the coalition vows to stand with Israel “unless you are a blithering idiot.” Angst about Iran deal at GOP Jewish meeting 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z Call me a blithering idiot, but I actually thought E:60’s look at Racing Teddy Roosevelt and his epic losing streak was going to be a serious segment, and not entirely tongue-in-cheek. John McCain calls for Congressional hearings on Teddy’s losing streak 2012-09-19T14:09:34Z No serious person. organization, newspaper or magazine will endorse Trump because he is a blithering idiot. Donald Trump Beat Expectations Everywhere, Suggesting a Broad Shift 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z "Where are you off to, you blithering idiot?" shouted the young officer. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Doubtless a Dane could perform the offices on this particular field with a blither spirit than a native Englishman. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z Aloud, he blithered some complimentary lie and watched the visitor lift the scraggy nondescript out of the car. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Rick Perry was next, but it was wisely decided we didn’t need another blithering Christian in the White House. Extremism Comes to Iowa 2012-01-03T18:53:08Z I ha' suffered it these thirty years and more, and 'tain't worth while, for the few years that's left, makin' a blub and a blither about it. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z "Is there a blithering idiot at the end of this tube?" Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces 2011-11-28T03:00:24.727Z My friend, if ever I return to my native land, I will never be such a crass and blithering idiot as to give way again to a spirit of adventure. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z Like Lewis Carroll's Alice, Tintin is the one sane mind in a world of schemers, dipsomaniacs, eccentric geniuses and blithering idiots. Inside Tintin: How the Boy Reporter Finally Came to Hollywood 2011-10-31T12:15:00Z The birds outside, stirred to blither singing by the sound of voices within, warbled their richest notes. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z The rossignols begin A blither song, where the treacherous spiders spin Their shimmering webs. Vacation Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:09.897Z “The gladsome lark o’er moor and fell, The lintie in the bosky dell, No blither than your bonnie sel’, My ain, my artless Mary.” Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z You've got a good enough memory not to have forgotten that you made a blithering fool of me once. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z That girl is always making a blithering idiot of herself, though I—H’m! The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z He stepped out in the blither air, and took his way to Hampstead Heath. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z “Powis, d’you hear that blighted young fool blithering away about Red Derelicts and Flying Dutchmen?” said the captain in an undertone to the chief officer. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Oh! either your sleep is sounder than ours, or your dreams are happier, or your awaking is blither. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z She, who, aware of Helen's babyish and blithering Innocence, did a lot of mischief in her time. Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 2011-04-02T02:00:12.230Z They blither me to stop, and I signalled back to ask their reason, and I’m dashed if they didn’t put a shot across my bows. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Later, a called named Lee called the sheriff “a blithering idiot.” Talk Radio Hosts in Arizona Reject Blame in Shooting 2011-01-10T17:18:11Z I could get the beasts, with Davey and that blithering half-breed. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Have parents devolved into blithering, incompetent, and inept nincompoops? Well: Ask About Holiday Stress and Children 2010-12-16T17:32:07Z One could even argue that if you were betting against the housing market in 2008, you were a blithering idiot, and should be disqualified for government service on that basis alone. New budget director's Wall Street stain 2010-07-14T16:22:00Z I learnt as much as that from that blithering idiot, Blatherwick. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Meanwhile, all surveys show that the voters regard David Cameron and Nick Clegg as decent men trying their hardest, rather than dangerous ideologues or blithering idiots. We're all getting a flogging ? and we love it 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z "It's better than being blithering idiots, and dead ones at that." A Poached Peerage I never believe those blithering blighters who attribute their crimes to the bad example of some criminal hero of the magazines or of the stage. Witching Hill "You blithering idiot!" flared Githa, holding down the lid of her desk, and pushing Lena away with her elbow. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Look here, Jack, has everybody on the blithering police force gone crazy about pajamas? The Haunted Pajamas You'd be a blithering fool, I grant you, to waste yourself in indulgence, but I'm not so ideally situated. The Tempering Such a thing as pursuing those deserters under any cut and dried programme would have been not only ridiculous, but a blithering farce. On the Trail of Deserters A Phenomenal Capture And you've been a sort of a guardian angel and a blithering idiot all rolled into one! The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel And, if you only knew it, I’ve been cursing myself and my own idiocy right roundly in having been such a blithering idiot as to get us into that hobble at all. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Not blither is the mountain roe: With many a wanton stroke 10 Her feet disperse the powdery snow, That rises up like smoke. Graded Poetry: Third Year Lave it there; lave it there, ye blithering numbskulls," he yelled, "Unhitch those mules and get 'em out. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran “I am behaving like a blithering idiot,” he told himself. Cynthia's Chauffeur Thus spoke innocent Bertha, dancing all the while, and dancing all the blither for not knowing how to tell it—so ready is heaven to compensate our lackings when love is in our hearts. The Red Moccasins A Story I don't know that I ever saw a blither young fellow until about the time the finding of that board of survey was announced. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. The king was the blither, And suffered in his soul less sorrow and anguish, The valiant victor, through the vision fair. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose The few people she reahlly likes are all archangels; the rest are blithering idiots; there's no middle course with her.' Miss Cayley's Adventures It occurred to me that, had we come to bury Byfield, not to praise him, we might have displayed a blither interest. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Not blither is the mountain roe; With many a wanton stroke Her feet disperse the powdery snow, That rises up like smoke. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Grasping her roughly by the shoulder, he exclaimed: “Why don’t you join in the chorus, you blithering idiot?” The Pines of Lory And you, you blithering idiot,” shaking a fist at the officer, “you’re going to lose your star for this!” Carmen Ariza The General himself could not have uttered his piquant pleasantries in a blither tone than I did my impulsive defence of the right of private judgment. The Romance of a Plain Man Confronting her across the threshold, looking ghostly against the dark background of the night, a grey horse threw up its head and, dazzled by the light, started back a pace—then blithered gently. The Wild Geese But I tried with Berlin, and found it a drearier Boston; with Paris, and found it a blonder and blither Boston; with London, and found it sombrely irrelevant and incomparable. Imaginary Interviews Some of their Professors should be able to do good work in the blithering line. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 He is blither and at the same time he is more solemnly abstracted. The Prairie Child "He looks pretty much the blithering old idiot he is," said Clarence. In Brief Authority I mustn’t blither to the very babe whose cradle I am rocking, must I?” Turn About Eleanor "Thanks—jolly kind of you, and I very much appreciate it, I assure you," returned Cleek in his best "blithering idiot" fashion. Cleek, the Master Detective No lad could have spoken with a blither face, for Moor had preserved much of the boy in spite of his thirty years. Moods You blithering idiot, would you rather croak in your hole than fork out the money? The Confessions of Arsène Lupin He watches them with his bead-black eyes, And blither still he sings; But clearer than dear blackbird's note The children's laughter rings. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young He has pleaded, so to speak, for the inalienable and mystic right of every man to be a blithering idiot in all seriousness. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study In the privacy of the president’s office Bobby read the briefest note of the many that his forethoughted father had left behind him in Johnson’s charge: “You’re a blithering idiot!” The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man The voice, too, which should have been a girlish treble, was full and low as a matured woman's, with now and then a silvery ring to it, as if another and a blither creature spoke. Moods But like the blithering old idiot that I am, I spoke my thoughts aloud before a company, and I made a present of an idea to these miscreants. Ravensdene Court And the blither the tune the heavier it seemed to make my heart. The Prairie Mother Innocent Smith, of course, the simple fool, the blithering idiot, is a truly wise man. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study This dog, if a friendly voice Call him now to blither choice Than such chamber-keeping, "Come out!" praying from the door, Presseth backward as before, Up against me leaping. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. I knew it was you, you blithering——" "Dear old officer," began Bones, "awfully sorry! The Keepers of the King's Peace To the right, through wind-rumpled, tree-dotted meadows ran the Thames, still intensely silver in the sunshine, but somehow blither and more young than in London. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel "What blithering fools they are!" said Penrose to him, as seated in their carriage they saw many of their companions staggering along the platform. Tommy Sit down, you blithering Dutch idiot, and let them go! Tessa 1901 To talk upon a blither subject, I wish you saw Abbotsford, which begins this season to look the whimsical, gay, odd cabin, that we had chalked out. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) "Well," says Frithiof, "now is the time to show ourselves to be men of avail, though blither tide it was at Baldur's Meadows." The Story Of Frithiof The Bold 1875 If MacMaine deserted his former allegiance, knowing that they had a method of rendering the action of a space drive indetectable, then he was and is a blithering idiot. The Highest Treason You don't suppose I mean to stand here till the second anniversary of the Day of Judgment, watching your blithering, chicken-shanked macaronies suck rotten oranges, do you? The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance I will, without farther ensuing so dolorous a theme, begin with something blither and better, thereby perchance affording a good argument for that which is to be related on the ensuing day. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio They looked like tramps from their attire, but Olympians could not have carried in their manner a blither confidence. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure Why in God's name could he think clearly and yet only talk like a blithering fool? Erik Dorn Detective McCorquodale departed next with a real cigar between his teeth and a feeling of satisfaction in the recognition that he was no longer a "blithering idiot." Every Man for Himself "The imp, the blithering imp," growled the old gentleman. Randy of the River The Adventures of a Young Deckhand There was not in all Scotland, just then, a blither or happier woman than Bertha Morton. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War "Stand up, you blithering fool, and tell us what you mean by raising such a fuss." The Four Pools Mystery Never was there a lighter-hearted husbandman, a creature more popular with young and old, a blither and more happy soul than Barnaby.—Ch. lxxxii. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The violins ringing; Not blither the singing Of birds in the woods and the meadows. Strife and Peace Have you a gayer, blither, more youthful scapegrace writing today than Mozart? Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques No princess decked her palace with a blither spirit. The Emigrant Trail But it is not always twilight to him, and there are many blither moods. Irish Plays and Playwrights She was able to be up, said Miss McGrath,—not only up but down—down in the breakfast room, looking blither and more like herself than she had been since she was brought home. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier Villeneuve, 5 p.m.—Like a blithering idiot, I was so interested in the Gunner's Diary of his birthday "in my hole" that I passed Villeneuve Triage, and got out the station after! Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 The old religionists used to talk about a man being "a fool for Christ's sake"—certainly I have been a blithering fool for your sake. Gilbert Keith Chesterton "What kind of blithering fools have they got over—" "They are not blithering fools," said Thorpe soberly. From the Housetops For friends are more than Arno's store Of garnered charm, and he Were blither with us here the night Than Titian bids him be. Songs from Vagabondia I know this sounds blithering, but, you see, a decent chap wants to ask some girl to give him a better thing than forgiveness when the time comes. The Shield of Silence It did not move my grief, to see The trace of human step departed, Because the garden was deserted, The blither place for me! Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances Fortunately I can play the blithering idiot without much trouble.' The Parts Men Play "And we went blithering and blundering around for half the night," says Old Hickory, "until this marvel of marine intelligence ran us hard and fast aground here, where we've been ever since." Wilt Thou Torchy The blither was the earl for that, out laughed the warrior grim, Thanked God because of that day's work which God had given to him. Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Clyde smiled across the camp-fire at me and said, "Gin ye had sic a lass as I hae, ye might blither." Letters of a Woman Homesteader The king was the blither And freer from sorrow, chieftain of men, In thoughts of his soul, for thát fair sight. Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems Finding the porter in his office, I politely inquired if he could spare a cane for Mr. Fillet; and, at my query, he grinned—the blithering idiot. Tell England A Study in a Generation "Can't you stand still, you blithering idiot!" he shouted, after futile attempts to focus the advancing boat, "or shall I steady you by a clout over the ear?" The Wings of the Morning And the king, the leader of men, was the blither and the freer from grief in his heart by reason of that fair vision. The Elene of Cynewulf translated into English prose “Is that blithering engineer asleep?” continued Captain Wyatt, ignoring the whole system of yacht etiquette. The Lion's Share "Well, you blithering idiot!" came the indignant answer. The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater I addressed myself as: "You blithering, blithering fool!" Tell England A Study in a Generation I deserve to be kicked for being such a blithering fool as to get into this mess. Truxton King A Story of Graustark "Oh, don't be a blithering idiot, Jake!" said Bunny in hot discomfiture. Charles Rex The rooks cawed and blither birds sung, but nothing was so merry or so musical as my own rejoicing heart. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women The blithering idiots ducked me yesterday for being disrespectful, that's all. The Lamp in the Desert Brother Chief, do you comprehend the language of the blithering Paleface? Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned And what a blithering idiot they have in me to deal with. Truxton King A Story of Graustark Maybe I am a blithering idiot, maybe I'm not. Charles Rex "The latter, the blithering idiots!" yelled The Other Man. Across China on Foot A glow came forth to meet me From the flame that laughed in the grate, And shadows adance on the ceiling, Danced blither with mine for a mate. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell What's the blithering sense of being in such a consuming fever about moving the fiendish furniture? Back to the Woods You blithering idiot," said the foreman, "didn't I tell you to get out of the road? Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations For all Old Ham was so shrewd at the Yards, he was one of those fellows who begin losing their common-sense at the office door, and who reach home doddering and blithering. Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son But as the sun comes up, behold the spirits evaporate, the films pass away from my eyes, and I am lighter, blither, happier, stronger. A Tramp's Sketches The knight and the lady were greatly at their ease; a comelier and a blither pair were never seen. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France A blithering pedagogue in cap, gown and horn spectacles? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 26, 1919 I guess the police would figure me for a blithering idiot, a candidate for the funny farm, and my insurance company might have reason not to pay me after they canceled me. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel "Read it out loud, you blithering old idiot." Tarzan of the Apes Never had the old gray-green house among its enfolding orchards known a blither, merrier afternoon. Anne's House of Dreams A blither spectacle than the vigour with which he sets about the task, it were hard to fancy. Memories and Portraits To-night, however, she was even in a blither mood than usual. Tess of the d'Urbervilles But I have a notion that we shall find a clue in this letter which, like a blithering fool, I left on Parrish's desk. The Yellow Streak It's a pack of blithering lies," retorted Levy, "and you haven't beaten me yet. Mr. Justice Raffles "Throw us a line!" shrieked Madden, "you blithering—think this is fun?" The Cruise of the Dry Dock He might yet evade, Through the long windings of this verdant glade; Seek his companions in the blither way, Which, else, must be as lost as yesterday. The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons Work had begun again, the work of my heart's desire, and all along the Chester road there was no blither spirit than mine that night. The Yeoman Adventurer For an instant they were as completely gone from her mind as if they had never been, and for that instant nowhere did the sun's far-reaching eye rest on a blither or more innocent face. Dr. Heidenhoff's Process Four verbs found favour in my sight, Viz., "drat" and "dash" and "blow" and "blight"; While "blithering" and "blinkin'" were My only adjectival pair. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 10, 1917 No. In fact, not to put too fine a point upon it, I consider that of all the dashed silly, drivelling ideas I ever heard in my puff this is the most blithering and futile. Right Ho, Jeeves Not blither is the mountain roe; With many a wanton stroke Her feet disperse the powdery snow, That rises up like smoke. Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Selected from English and American Literature In those proud days, he little cared For husbandry or tillage; To blither tasks did Simon rouse The sleepers of the village. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 "When I need a blithering, no-'count upstart to teach me my business, I'll call on you and not before," a deeper, harsh voice snarled. Betty Gordon in Washington When you are wishful to be withering 'Tis hard to be confined to "blithering," And to express explosive thinkin' One longs for some relief from "blinkin'." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 10, 1917 Where Mr Lloyd George referred to the House of Lords as blithering backwoodsmen and asinine anachronisms, Mr Rackstraw scorned to be so guarded in his speech. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories Well, now you know what a blithering lunatic I am. King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays This day have ye quenched seven smoking hearths—see if your own fire burn the blither for that. The Junior Classics — Volume 5 She won't—" "Why, you blithering idiot," I roared, "do you know what you are saying? A Fool and His Money "This is my betrothed," continued Murray in a blither tone; "I have sworn to take her for better for worse, and I pledge you my truth nothing but death shall part us!" The Scottish Chiefs "Of course, he won't be such a blithering fool as to come over here, will he?" The Hollow of Her Hand There is nothing in it of the dull "tunk" of stone, or the blither "clink" of copper. The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages His "English accent" was a combination of the East Bayport twang and an Irish brogue and he was a blithering idiot in appearance and behavior. Kent Knowles: Quahaug "Have you been discussing her most sacred affairs with her, you blithering—" "No, sir," said he, with dignity. A Fool and His Money “Stuff!” said he furiously; “she’s all right, and she’d go from June to January if those blithering fools would let her alone.” Travels in West Africa Oh, what a blithering idiot I have been! The Valley of the Giants Never had the old King orchard known a blither merrymaking or lighter hearts. The Story Girl One of flour, two of butter, three—" "Three blithering wheelbarrows! Patty's Butterfly Days "But it's all such blithering rot," said I. "So much the better," said they triumphantly—even eagerly. A Fool and His Money Thou even as a child wert strangely like him in features, and as I look upon thee now, there comes back memories of blither days. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell But blither than the bird's song, sweeter than the flowers, was the little voice and wan face of a child, who lay upon a bed placed where the warmest sunbeams fell. On Picket Duty, and Other Tales He—" "But," blithered Standish, "I saw him tackle Hade, before all the crew. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story "Never was man of kinder heart and blither temper." The Lances of Lynwood "I remember," said I, "you talked some blithering rot about her being a symbol." The Red Planet Not blither, after showers, the lark Mounts up with glistening wing. The Christian Year When Wally set out "to blither," as he said, he did not do things by halves. Mates at Billabong Well, you were evidently in a state of blithering sentimentality, anyhow. John Bull's Other Island Her husband comes in: a robust, thicknecked, well groomed city man, with a strong chin but a blithering eye and credulous mouth. How He Lied to Her Husband May thy two hands ne'er wither nor shine enemies have occasion to be blither! The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 Ay, child; his heart was less care's throne than joy's, Power's less than love's friend ever: and with thee His mood that plays is blither than a boy's. Locrine: a tragedy "My dear boy—excuse me, sir, I'm a blithering old man, but oh! sir—my boy, you're home again!" Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day Well, you tell them from me, with my compliments, that they are a set of blithering idiots. Idle Ideas in 1905 The MS. has "No blither dewdrop cheers the rose." The Lady of the Lake May thy hands never wither nor thy foes be blither, O champion of the age! The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 It did not move my grief to see The trace of human step departed: Because the garden was deserted, The blither place for me! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 My wee bairnie's dozing, it's dozing now fine, And O may its wakening be blither than mine! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 And never a one was blither than the Lady Joan—she they called Joan of the Tower, being a true Londoner born—bless her! The Caged Lion The man in me calls the philosopher a blithering idiot for saying it does not matter when it does matter. They and I "I—" "It's Mrs. McMurdle's pest of a monkey, sirs" blithered the maid. Further Adventures of Lad Don’t believe these blithering idiots have ever seen a girl before.” Tommy and Co. If he was to blither, it was only fair that she should bleat back. Tea-Table Talk The devil take the caliver that fired the ball, for a blither lad never filled a cup at midnight! Kenilworth Whereupon Gilbert, who is intelligent in his way, but easily frightened, blithered and launched forth into stories and lies which will end in his undoing. The Crystal Stopper "What in blue blazes are you blithering about?" roared the Master, finding his voice and marshaling his startled wits. Further Adventures of Lad The cat, with eyne of burning coal, Now couches fore the mouse's hole; And crickets sing at the oven's mouth, E'er the blither for their drouth. Pericles Donald, as they were speaking, entered, with rather a blither face than he might have been expected to wear, considering the impending fate of his master's purse and credit. A Legend of Montrose And blither than the birds my heart within me. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I'm not fit to live in a decent community, a blithering idiot and rascally villain, who lies in wait to hear and see like a fool. A Master's Degree It did not move my grief to see The trace of human step departed: Because the garden was deserted, The blither place for me! Bulchevy's Book of English Verse Once his poor child was blither than the panther of the wilderness and happier than the young lamb that sports in springtime. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable These, in the main points, were only market-days of a blither kind than the common. The Provost The rooks cawed, and blither birds sang; but nothing was so merry or so musical as my own rejoicing heart. Jane Eyre But Maud said, “Tut, tut,” in gentle reproval, and then asked why I was a blithering idiot. The Sea Wolf And if ever those blithering houses come to you—don't have 'em. The New Machiavelli I’ll find out if his father is still alive, and I will write him a note complaining of his son, and I’ll state pretty clearly that his son is a blithering idiot!” Diary of a Nobody I'll let the blithering class slide if you don't give me the towel! The New Machiavelli Human souls buried under a cartload of blithering rubbish.... The New Machiavelli |
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