单词 | don't get me started |
释义 | > as lemmasdon't get me (also him, us, etc.) started a. don't get me (also him, us, etc.) started: used as a humorous warning to stay off a particular subject as the person mentioned has strong feelings or opinions about it and may talk passionately and at length. Π 1878 ‘Sola’ Amer. Girl iv. 84 Don't get me started on her, for I can't bear her style. 1942 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 6 July 4/4 Don't get us started on censorship. We wouldn't have space. 1972 R. L. Welsch Shingling Fog & Other Plains Lies (1980) 73 A farmer's wife says of her..husband, ‘Don't get him started on Moses Stocking or we'll be up all night.’ 1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) ii. 127 The spectacular hairdos on the women..man alive, don't even get me started. 2011 M. Martin Paradise Dogs v. 77 Don't even get the Newmans started on the subject of relish. < as lemmas |
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