单词 | fair game |
释义 | > as lemmasfair game fair game n. a legitimate object of pursuit; a person or thing considered a reasonable target for criticism, exploitation, or attack. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > goal or target markc1275 lodestarc1374 aimc1400 mete1402 pricka1450 butta1522 level1525 white marka1533 goal1540 Jack-a-Lent1553 blankc1557 scope1562 period1590 upshot1591 bird1592 golden goal1597 nick1602 quarry1615 North Star1639 huba1657 fair game1690 endgame1938 target1942 cockshot1995 1690 T. Shadwell Amorous Bigotte Epilogue You at the first fair game before you eye, As fiercely as unhooded Hawks would fly. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. xcvi. 39 He accompanied my lord to Newmarket, and..was marked as fair game, by all the knowing ones there assembled. 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. vii. 209 Quiz the doctor..he's an author—so fair game. 1855 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxxiii, in Monthly Packet Apr. 252 As to the unfortunate Jews, each party considered them fair game. 1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know xv. 215 For many years it was supposed that every member of the hawk family was a villain and fair game. 2002 A. Davies Frog King 44 Just because you spell an author's name wrong..doesn't mean that you're stupid and worthless and fair game for public ridicule. < as lemmas |
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