English Dictionary

suck the mop

動詞

慣用表現 俗語 イギリス英語 廃用

(slang, idiomatic) To be left in a disadvantageous position. / (slang, idiomatic, UK, obsolete) Of a bus: to be deliberately boxed in by another so as to lose the opportunity to pick up passengers.

日本語の意味

不利な状況に置かれる、または追い込まれる状態になること / （英国の古いスラング）バスにおいて、他のバスに意図的に囲い込まれ、乗客を拾う機会が失われる状態になること

When the deal fell through, our department had to suck the mop and accept the blame.

取引が破談になったとき、私たちの部署は損な役回りを引き受けて責任を負わされた。

意味（1）

(slang, idiomatic) To be left in a disadvantageous position.

Kathy says Much obliged, but what I don't appreciate about this piece of moral news is the pairing of successful writer with sexy hotshot lit prof, which leaves us pregnant librarians and failed playwrights sucking the mop.

意味（2）

(slang, idiomatic, UK, obsolete) Of a bus: to be deliberately boxed in by another so as to lose the opportunity to pick up passengers.

Now then, poppy-head: — this to the conductor of a rival omnibus before us — how long am I to go on sucking the mop?

sucks the mop （ present singular third-person ）

sucking the mop （ participle present ）

sucked the mop （ participle past ）

sucked the mop （ past ）