The phrase "
jerry-built" has a separate origin and implies shoddy workmanship not necessarily of a temporary nature. To "MacGyver " something
Kaynak: Jury rigRongji , the former premier of the People's Republic of China , on a visit to Jiujiang City , Jiangxi Province to describe a
jerry-built dam.
Kaynak: Tofu-dreg projectTemple The Globe backed on to another theatre owned by Parry, the even more
jerry-built Opera Comique , which opened two years before the Globe.
Kaynak: Globe Theatre (Newcastle Street)About 100 Chinese men lived in
jerry-built shacks where the community hall is today. To service and repair the mines and port facilities
Kaynak: Union Bay, British ColumbiaThe park had a skeletal,
jerry-built feel, and it was obvious that it had once been minor-league. An upper deck wasn't added until 1978;
Kaynak: Arlington Stadiumon the Lower East Side or possibly the 1820s on Mott Street in
jerry-built 3- and 4-floor "railroad flats " (so called because the rooms
Kaynak: TenementLater on, the kids pay a visit to Butch's
jerry-built chemistry lab, where the young troublemaker is mixing up what he claims is an
Kaynak: Bubbling TroublesYou could almost say it's intentionally bad — a gleeful piece of
jerry-built schlock. Yet De Palma's naughty-boy gamesmanship has a
Kaynak: Raising CainA few months after Hobbs' intervention, a fire "of unknown origin destroyed a block or two of the
jerry-built structures. No saloon ever
Kaynak: Copperfield, OregonEvery Sunday all the relatives of the dead person gather in a
jerry-built house, paying professional mourners who weep and wail and keen
Kaynak: VajtimJ :
jerry-build from
jerry-built. K : kempt from unkempt. kidnap from kidnapper. kudo from kudos (non-standard) L : lase from laser laze from lazy
Kaynak: List of English back-formationssquadron, replete with ersatz uniforms, a fire pole, a dog-and-cat-powered alarm, and a
jerry-built fire engine that must be seen to be believed.
Kaynak: Hook and Ladder (1932 film)Ono is famous for as a performance and recording artist - is surely the healthiest response to the agony of "Lennon," the
jerry-builtKaynak: Lennon (musical)However, 20th century apartment blocks and condominiums form a high-rise backdrop over
jerry-built shacks and industrial suburbs.
Kaynak: Pointe-à-PitreVincent Canby says this "is no
jerry-built science fiction film, but it's a little too simple-minded to be consistently entertaining UK
Kaynak: Silent Runningwhich has a velocity that belies its
jerry-built mise-en-scène " concluding that "Black Cat, White Cat is determined to twist every
Kaynak: Black Cat, White Catsimilar alternatives to an industrialising society, with its large-scale movement off the land to
jerry-built cities and gross social inequality .
Kaynak: Merry England