sad sack

sad sack
noun Date: 1943 an inept person; especially an inept soldier • sad-sack adjective

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • sad-sack — adj, always used before a noun a sad sack team a sad sack performance • • • Main Entry: ↑sad sack …   Useful english dictionary

  • sad sack — ☆ sad sack n. [shortened < mil. slang “sad sack of shit”] Slang a person who means well but is incompetent, ineffective, etc. and is consistently in trouble …   English World dictionary

  • sad sack — sad sack, adj. Slang. a pathetically inept person, esp. a soldier, who continually blunders in spite of good intentions. [after the cartoon character created in 1942 by U.S. cartoonist George Baker (1915 75)] * * * …   Universalium

  • sad sack — sad′ sack n. a pathetically inept person • Etymology: after the cartoon character created in 1942 by U.S. cartoonist George Baker (1915–75) …   From formal English to slang

  • Sad Sack — The Sad Sack is an American fictional comic strip and comic book character created by Sgt. George Baker during World War II. Set in the United States Army, Sad Sack depicted an otherwise unnamed, lowly private experiencing some of the absurdities …   Wikipedia

  • sad sack — n. a sad person; a listless or depressed person. □ Tom always looks like such a sad sack. □ Who is that sad sack moping in the corner? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • sad sack — n. (slang) (AE) inept person a hopeless sad sack * * * [ˌsæd sæk] (slang) (AE) [ inept person ] a hopeless sad sack …   Combinatory dictionary

  • sad-sack — adjective see sad sack …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sad sack — See a sad sack …   English idioms

  • Sad Sack (Arrested Development episode) — Infobox Arrested Development episode episode name = Sad Sack episode no = 2AJD05 airdate = December 12, 2004 writer = Barbara Feldman director = Peter Lauer on the next = Oscar returns to find a now distant Lucille, which was what attracted him… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”