tug one's forelock

English

From a traditional gesture of respect to the higher classes, pulling down one's front piece of hair or cap in a mock bow.

tug one's forelock

(intransitive, often satirical or contemptuous) To show deference or obsequious respect.
- 1988, David Corson, Education for Work: Background to Policy and Curriculum, page 228:
  These students were quite capable of tugging their forelocks while raising two fingers behind their backs (Newby, 1977), i.e. producing deferential behaviour as part of a more complicated game of manipulation.
- 2013, William G. Tapply, The Dutch Blue Error
  "Aw, lay off, will you? It's part of my job, you know that." "Yeah, bowing and scraping and tugging your forelock to all those rich old crones. Somebody's chauffeur probably got a scratch on the El Dorado, huh?"

单词	tug one's forelock
释义	tug one's forelock English Etymology From a traditional gesture of respect to the higher classes, pulling down one's front piece of hair or cap in a mock bow. Verb tug one's forelock (intransitive, often satirical or contemptuous) To show deference or obsequious respect. 1988, David Corson, Education for Work: Background to Policy and Curriculum, page 228: These students were quite capable of tugging their forelocks while raising two fingers behind their backs (Newby, 1977), i.e. producing deferential behaviour as part of a more complicated game of manipulation. 2013, William G. Tapply, The Dutch Blue Error "Aw, lay off, will you? It's part of my job, you know that." "Yeah, bowing and scraping and tugging your forelock to all those rich old crones. Somebody's chauffeur probably got a scratch on the El Dorado, huh?" Alternative forms pull one's forelock touch one's forelock Synonyms bow and scrape
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