DEAD PARROT SKETCH, THE


Meaning of DEAD PARROT SKETCH, THE in English

ˌDead ˈParrot ˌSketch, the BrE AmE

a famous ↑ sketch (=short scene) from the humorous British television programme, ↑ Monty Python . It is about a man who goes into a pet shop to complain that the ↑ parrot he bought is dead, and the person who works in the shop tries to persuade him that the parrot is still alive.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.