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Jimmy Hung
2021-12-09 11:12
Tub thumping British disapproving adjective noun
`tub' is the pulpit (= the place in a church where the priest stands to speak).
(adj) Expressing your opinions about something or supporting your idea loudly and vehemently.
John is a tub-thumping campaigner! He is always ranting about environmental issues.
Stop speaking like a tup-thumping speaker! You can't convince me to agree with you by keeping screaming at me like that!
(n) The act of expressing your opinions about something or supporting your idea loudly and vehemently.
Everyone listening to his speech couldn't put up with his tub-thumping.
His tub-thumping in the discussions is always prompting rows.
The phrase originally referred to a preacher of a type still familiar: one who does so in an aggressive way and who bangs on the pulpit to give emphasis. At the time the expression was first recorded — in the Cromwellian period of English history, roughly the 1650s — the allusion was to nonconformist preachers.
Do you see anything wrong?
Daughter: So I really want all my friends to have a great time. I was thinking it would be a good idea to have some candy out on the tables for people to snack on.
Mother: Well, if you want them to really enjoy themselves, candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.
