| 单词 | for the ride |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor the ride a. colloquial. for the ride: for pleasure or fun; as an observer only. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > [adverb] of or on the spleenc1460 for love1678 for fun1750 for the fun of the thing1751 for the fun of it1823 good for a laugh1835 for the ride1863 (just) for the hell of it1908 pour le sport1924 for (the) shits and giggles (also grins)1983 1863 ‘M. Harland’ Col. Floyd's Wards xvii, in Husks 505 Lily would like to go to the court-house this forenoon, just for the ride, you know, and I think the air and exercise will do her good. 1896 C. H. Haswell Reminisc. N.Y. xxiv. 484 Large open sleighs drawn by four and sometimes six horses were resorted to, and many individuals and parties enjoyed these for the ride alone. 1924 Los Angeles Times 6 Nov. ii. 4/3 Many a young man or girl enters the marital state with about as much real sentiment as that of a person going to a funeral just for the ride. 1951 J. Kerouac On the Road: Orig. Scroll (2007) 230 I only went along for the ride, and to see what else Neal was going to do. 1977 J. Wainwright Nest of Rats ii. iv. 167 I wouldn't know—I am along strictly for the ride. 2006 V. Spinetti & P. Rankin Victor Spinetti up Front xiv. 156 That's who they were. Relatives of the producer and the associate producer and so on, coming for the ride. < as lemmas |
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