carry corn

English

Verb

carry corn (third-person singular simple present carries corn, present participle carrying corn, simple past and past participle carried corn)

(colloquial, dated) To (be able to) handle success or prosperity in an equable manner.
- 2003, Richard Hoggart, Everyday Language and Everyday Life (page 95)
  'A bad workman blames his tools' is widely taken as an accepted classic truth […] Perhaps French also contains its exasperated partner: 'If you want a thing done well, do it yourself'. One of my relatives had a favourite image for men who failed such tests: 'He can't carry corn'. He wasn't literally expected to, either, not in those parts, but the image fitted well enough. In fact, it seemed to carry a great charge of rejection.
- 2019, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne, Kate Meredith, Financier
  That man can't carry corn. He evidently gets a heap too loose tongue if you offer him just a little civility.

References

1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
1828, William Carr, The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York (page 86): "Can't carry corn; this expression is applied to one who is too much elated by prosperity."

单词	carry corn
释义	carry corn English Verb carry corn (third-person singular simple present carries corn, present participle carrying corn, simple past and past participle carried corn) (colloquial, dated) To (be able to) handle success or prosperity in an equable manner. 2003, Richard Hoggart, Everyday Language and Everyday Life (page 95) 'A bad workman blames his tools' is widely taken as an accepted classic truth […] Perhaps French also contains its exasperated partner: 'If you want a thing done well, do it yourself'. One of my relatives had a favourite image for men who failed such tests: 'He can't carry corn'. He wasn't literally expected to, either, not in those parts, but the image fitted well enough. In fact, it seemed to carry a great charge of rejection. 2019, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne, Kate Meredith, Financier That man can't carry corn. He evidently gets a heap too loose tongue if you offer him just a little civility. References 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary 1828, William Carr, The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York (page 86): "Can't carry corn; this expression is applied to one who is too much elated by prosperity."
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