See three bags full, sir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "Referencing the nursery rhyme Baa, Baa, Black Sheep with the lyrics \"Have you any wool? / Yes, sir, yes, sir, / Three bags full\".", "forms": [ { "form": "three bags full, Sir", "tags": [ "alternative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "phrase" }, "expansion": "three bags full, sir", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "phrase", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2001, Barbel Mohr, translated by Heike Müller, “How Do I Learn to Listen to My Inner Voice?”, in The Cosmic Ordering Service, Charlottesville, Va.: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 31:", "text": "Because, if he speaks his truth, he may no longer have a job and so, instead of living his truth, he says: “Yes, Sir; of course, sir. Three bags full, Sir.” He gives his power away.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2004, Paul Charles, The Complete Guide to Playing Live: A Survival Guide to the Rock Circuit, Music Sales Group, →ISBN:", "text": "Some managers took 50% of the income, some even paid the artist nothing but a weekly salary, and still the majority of those artists said, yes sir, no sir and three bags full sir. To a great degree, Epstein changed all of that ...", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2014, Peter Robinson, DCI Banks: The first three novels, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:", "text": "Get forensic on to it right away.' 'Yes, sir,' Hatchley said through clenched teeth as he left. Banks could almost hear the 'three bags full, sir'", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Intensifies a statement of agreement, indicating that the speaker is craven or obsequious." ], "id": "en-three_bags_full,_sir-en-phrase-5Lri2~f8", "links": [ [ "sarcastic", "sarcastic" ], [ "craven", "craven#English" ], [ "obsequious", "obsequious#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(often sarcastic) Intensifies a statement of agreement, indicating that the speaker is craven or obsequious." ], "tags": [ "often", "sarcastic" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˌθɹiː bæɡz ˈfʊl ˌsɜː/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˌθɹi bæɡz ˈfʊl ˌsɝ/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "[- ˌsɚ]", "tags": [ "General-American" ] } ], "word": "three bags full, sir" }
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