LITTLE MISS MUFFET


Meaning of LITTLE MISS MUFFET in English

Little Miss Muf ‧ fet /ˌlɪtl mɪs ˈmʌfət/ BrE AmE

a character from a ↑ nursery rhyme (=an old song or poem for young children) . She is a young girl who is frightened by a ↑ spider and runs away:

Little Miss Muffet/Sat on a tuffet,/Eating her curds and whey;/There came a great spider,/Who sat down beside her,/And frightened Miss Muffet away.

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