英语词汇“age before beauty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P6. age before beauty: used (esp. humorously) to give precedence or show deference to an older person, now often (in extended use) as an invitation to a companion to go first when passing through a door, etc.

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1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 94 Old age, allays, afore beauty!—your dady furst, in course.]

1851 Western Hort. Rev. Nov. 101/1 Age before beauty, is a good maxim, and, even as republicans, we must submit with a good grace to the decisions of a King.

1886 Yale Courant 12 June 235/1 In passing from the dining room, always precede your fair companion, throwing oft at the same time some witty conceit, as for instance—‘age before beauty’.

1938 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 14 Oct. 10/1 The two ladies were trying to get out of a doorway at the same time. Clare [Boothe] drew back and cracked, ‘Age before beauty, Miss Parker.’ As Dotty swept out, she turned to the other guests and said, ‘Pearls before swine.’

1995 A. Heard Speaking of University ix. 284 They approached a door, and she hurried to open it for him saying ‘Age before beauty’.

2003 Brand Strategy (Electronic ed.) 2 Jan. 22 Age before beauty: Choosing staff with more experience may be more expensive but it pays dividends in terms of social skills and intelligent problem solving.

单词	age before beauty
释义	> as lemmas age before beauty P6. age before beauty: used (esp. humorously) to give precedence or show deference to an older person, now often (in extended use) as an invitation to a companion to go first when passing through a door, etc. ΚΠ 1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 94 Old age, allays, afore beauty!—your dady furst, in course.] 1851 Western Hort. Rev. Nov. 101/1 Age before beauty, is a good maxim, and, even as republicans, we must submit with a good grace to the decisions of a King. 1886 Yale Courant 12 June 235/1 In passing from the dining room, always precede your fair companion, throwing oft at the same time some witty conceit, as for instance—‘age before beauty’. 1938 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 14 Oct. 10/1 The two ladies were trying to get out of a doorway at the same time. Clare [Boothe] drew back and cracked, ‘Age before beauty, Miss Parker.’ As Dotty swept out, she turned to the other guests and said, ‘Pearls before swine.’ 1995 A. Heard Speaking of University ix. 284 They approached a door, and she hurried to open it for him saying ‘Age before beauty’. 2003 Brand Strategy (Electronic ed.) 2 Jan. 22 Age before beauty: Choosing staff with more experience may be more expensive but it pays dividends in terms of social skills and intelligent problem solving. extracted from agen. < as lemmas
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