English Dictionary

Aunt Sally

name

A traditional game in which balls are thrown to break the pipe in the mouth of a figurine resembling an old woman.

My Aunt Sally is coming to visit us next week.

意味（1）

A traditional game in which balls are thrown to break the pipe in the mouth of a figurine resembling an old woman.

There were some swings, and a hooting-tooting blaring merry-go-round, and a shooting-gallery and Aunt Sallies.

意味（2）

(figuratively, chiefly UK) A figure drawing criticism or ridicule, especially when prejudiced or unwarranted.

But the novel is something more than a national institution; it has become the recognized channel of communication between the crank and his victims; it is the shooting gallery through which we fire our messages at that dear old Aunt Sally, the British Public.