| 单词 | gift of gab |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgift of (the) gab P1. gift of (the) gab: an ability to speak fluently and eloquently, esp. in a way which persuades or charms the listener. Cf. earlier gift of the gob at gob n.3 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talent for speaking gift of (the) gab1761 1761 W. Massey Remarks Milton's Paradise Lost 262 In some Parts of Scotland to this Day..when a Man is full of Prate, they say, he has a good Gift of the Gab. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. iv. 79 We know well that he has the gift of the gab. 1850 T. A. Trollope Impress. Wanderer vii. 100 Our good gentle Florentines have a very inordinate gift of the gab. 1898 Cosmopolitan July 351 He has, to perfection, the Irishman's ‘gift of gab’. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xv. 128 Time after time I've missed scoring a point because the other man has had the gift of the gab and I haven't. 1984 House & Garden Mar. 44/3 His gift of gab, allied with a genuine and flattering interest in other people, made him a born teacher. 2004 R. Scott in Slightly Foxed Spring 78 Who was this Cuban author with the French name and the astonishing gift of the gab? < as lemmas |
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