An old biddy is an old woman, and the speaker usually does not like her — fussy, nosy, always complaining, always in other people's business. It is informal and unkind. You should not say it to someone's face, and many people now hear it as a small, dated jab at older women.

An old biddy老太婆 is是 an old woman一個老女人 and the speaker usually does not like her而且說話的人通常不喜歡她 fussy, nosy, always complaining, always in other people's business愛挑剔、愛管閒事、老是抱怨、老是插手別人的事 It它 is informal and unkind是口語用法，也不客氣 You你 should not say it to someone's face不應該當面這樣說人 and many people now hear it as a small, dated jab at older women現在很多人聽起來覺得這是對老年女性一個小小的、過時的嘲諷

It started as Biddy, a pet form of the Irish name Bridget. In American English it became a generic name for an Irish maid, and from there a rude name for any older woman. That path matters: the word once carried an anti-Irish sneer as well as an anti-old-woman one.

It它 started as Biddy, a pet form of the Irish name Bridget最初是Biddy，愛爾蘭名字Bridget的暱稱 In American English在美式英文裡 it它 became a generic name for an Irish maid變成泛指愛爾蘭女傭的通稱 and from there a rude name for any older woman再從那裡變成對任何老女人的不客氣稱呼 That path這段歷史 matters很重要 the word這個詞 once carried an anti-Irish sneer as well as an anti-old-woman one曾經同時帶著反愛爾蘭和貶低老女人這兩種嘲諷

Younger speakers may know it mainly from stories and films, often in the set phrase old biddy. There is another, separate farmyard use of biddy for a hen; that is not this sense.

Younger speakers年輕一輩的人 may know it mainly from stories and films可能主要是從故事和電影裡認識這個詞 often in the set phrase old biddy常常是在old biddy這個固定用語裡 There另外 is also a separate farmyard use of biddy for a hen有一個獨立的農場用法，biddy也可以指母雞 that這個 is not this sense不是這裡講的意思