Meanings
adjectivecross as two sticks (not comparable)
- not comparablesimileParticularly ill-natured and disagreeable.
Origin
A pun on cross (“angry”) and cross (“to lay one thing over another”).
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cross as two sticks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross%20as%20two%20sticks
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