| 单词 | clever dick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclever Dick clever Dick n. a clever or smart person; usually ironical: a ‘know-all’; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [noun] clever-boots1847 smarty1847 smart alec1864 clever-clogs1866 clever-sides1886 clever Dick1895 wise guy1896 wisenheimer1904 smarty-pants1935 quiz kid1940 smart apple1940 smarty-boots1950 smart-ass1958 slick1959 clever-sticks1964 smart-arse1965 wise-ass1971 1895 J. T. Clegg Wks. I. 238 There's olez tuthri cliverdicks to smile At owt they thinken rayther eaut-o'th'-road. 1933 J. B. Priestley Wonder Hero vi. 222 One o' these clever Dicks from London bought it. 1957 J. Braine Room at Top xxiv. 197 ‘Clever Dick,’ she said. ‘Think yer knows everythink, doncha?’ 1957 Observer 29 Sept. 12/5 He wrote an article for the Radio Times, accompanied by a picture of two actors with funny hats and cutlasses, to disarm all clever~dick criticism. 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games iv. 154 There is bound to be some clever-dick who has hidden in a coal-hole and refuses to show himself. < as lemmas |
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