English Dictionary

pickle-herring

名詞

廃用

(obsolete) A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. / (obsolete) A Merry Andrew; a buffoon.

日本語の意味

（古語）塩水に浸して保存したニシン、つまりピクルスにされたニシン / （古語）道化、愚かな人物

On cold mornings, she would spread butter on a slice of bread and top it with a pickle-herring, just as her grandmother had taught her.

寒い朝、彼女はパンの一切れにバターを塗り、祖母に教わったとおり塩漬けのニシンをのせて食べた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring.

'Tis a Gentleman heere. A plague o'these pickle herring: How now Sot.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A Merry Andrew; a buffoon.

The first who made the experiment was a merry-andrew, who was put into my hands by a neighbouring justice of peace, in order to reclaim him from that profligate kind of life. Poor Pickle-herring had not taken above one turn in it, when he came out of the cave, like a hermit from his cell, with a penitential look and a most rueful countenance.

pickle-herrings （ plural ）