cross as two sticks

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Particularly ill-natured and disagreeable.

Pronunciation

En-au-cross as two sticks.ogg

Word forms

cross as two sticks

Etymology

A pun on cross (“angry”) and cross (“to lay one thing over another”).

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