| 单词 | if you've seen one, you've seen them all |
| 释义 | > as lemmasif you've seen one, you've seen them all P18. if you've seen one, you've seen them all and variants: used to express that all things of a particular type are very similar, and therefore there is no need to see more than one example. ΚΠ 1685 W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. ii. 82 Michael Angelo doth not distinguish the Sexes nor the Ages so well, but makes all alike Musculous and Strong; and who sees one Naked Figure of his doing, may reckon he has seen them all. a1704 J. Locke Exam. Malebranche in Posthumous Wks. (1706) 167 He that has seen one thing hath seen all things; for he has got the general Idea of something. 1797 Encycl. Brit. VI. 361/1 The vices of all great towns are nearly the same, so that when you have seen one, you have seen all others. c1811 W. Blake Public Addr. in Writings (1978) II. 1046 When you have seen one of their Pictures you have seen all. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxiii. 237 To me it seemed that when I had seen one of these martyrs I had seen them all. 1949 G. Davenport Family Fortunes ii. iv. 145 ‘If you've seen one you've seen them all,’ said Sam. 1988 F. Weldon Leader of Band v. 32 Doves? They all look alike to me! Seen one, seen 'em all. 2006 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 10 Sept. 14 ‘You'll love Little Joe Lake tomorrow,’ said Michael. Was he nuts? Seen one lake you've seen 'em all. < as lemmas |
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