| 单词 | change the record |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschange the record P9. change the record, put another (also a new) record on: [with allusion to sense A. 8a] (in imperative) change the topic of conversation; change the subject under discussion (with the implication that the current topic has been exhaustively dealt with and should be closed). Also to be sick of that record: to have had enough of a particular topic of conversation or discussion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > be occupied with a topic [verb (intransitive)] > change the subject put another (also a new) record on1926 1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 12/2 Put on a new record, change the subject. 1957 J. Osborne Look Back in Anger iii. i. 79 Helen. Jimmy, can we have one day, just one day, without tumbling over religion and politics? Cliff. Yes, change the record, old boy. 1976 W. Goldman Magic iii. xii. 207 ‘There's something crazy here..and I care.’ ‘Oh Jesus, I'm sick of that record.’ 1977 E. Partridge Dict. Catch Phr. 177/2 Put another record on! and change the record!.. Addressed to..anyone..‘going on about something’. 2007 Now 21 May 67 I love Now magazine, but I'm a bit fed up with reading features about fat celebs vs skinny ones. Change the record, please. < as lemmas |
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