| 单词 | how right you are |
| 释义 | > as lemmashow right you are a. how right you are (and variants): used to express strong agreement or affirmation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agreement [phrase] it is a match!1569 that's right1608 true for you1765 how right you are1799 them's my sentiments1847 I should think (suppose, etc.)1861 right you are!1862 sure thing1895 you said it1911 with knobs on1930 you can say that again1932 I should coco1936 I couldn't agree more (with someone)1939 that makes two of us1956 yes please2010 1799 J. G. Holman Votary of Wealth i. i. 7 Certainly!—How right you were! 1834 F. Parker Dacre I. ix. 71 ‘How right you are !’ exclaimed Lady Anne: ‘but,’ added she, with increased earnestness, ‘do not delay the good deed.’ 1876 Catholic World 24 400/1 Oh! how right you are, dear Kate. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night viii. 167 ‘She's awfully kind. But I'm always having to be grateful... It makes me want to bite.’ ‘How right you are,’ said Harriet. 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags ii. 98 ‘I expect they thought that if we had time we should try and stop them coming.’ ‘How right they were.’ 1967 O. Norton Now lying Dead i. 1 Not that anything they decided could embarrass the police, as the coroner gently pointed out. And how right he was. 1970 G. Butler Coffin from Past xiv. 147 ‘I always said I'd move away from here... I never liked the district.’.. ‘How right you were,’ he said. 1991 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Mar. (verso front cover) It was you who persuaded me to let you reset the diamond into a ring and keep it to sell later—how right you were, as always!. < as lemmas |
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