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dicky birdBrE /ˈdɪki bɜːd/ NAmE /ˈdɪki bɜːrd/ noun (BrE ) (used by or when speaking to young children 儿语) a bird 鸟儿；小鸟儿 ● not say , hear , etc . a dicky bird (BrE , informal ) to say , hear , etc . nothing 什么也没说（或没听见等）◆ He won't say a dicky bird , but we think he knows who did it . 他什么都不肯说，但是我们认为他知道是谁干的。ORIGINThis idiom is from rhyming slang , in which 'dicky bird' stands for 'word' .源自同韵俚语，其中 dicky bird（小鸟儿）代表 word。 |