ne'er do well in English
And if their characters are not fixed, why the sudden reversion to type (when Terry smashes up his situation by introducing Sammy's son to his ne'er-do-well father)?
- good-for-nothinglayaboutloaferidlershirkersluggardslugabeddronelazybonesbumbusted flushwastrel
- no-accountgoldbrickgoof-offgood-for-naughtgood-for-nothing
Use "neer do well" in a sentence
1. That student went on to become a drug addict and a ne'er-do-well.
2. That student went on to become a drug addict and a ne'er-do-well. The teacher went on to become science advisor in the current administration.
3. Does not "Beflum" outclass "befool" or "cajole"? To be able to claim that you have skelped a skellum is more vivid by far than saying you have slapped a ne'er-do-well
4. Amorously: In an amorous manner; fondly; lovingly.-- a sensational "scene" played out before a house of loafers, and now the babel of thousand-tongued gossip, linking her name Amorously (so she suspected) with the red-painted ne'er-do-well.
5. In Crank, Ellen Hopkins chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina, a character based on her own daughter, and the "monster," the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or "Crank."Kristina is introduced to the drug while visiting her largely absent and ne'er-do-well father