单词 | i like it, but it does not like me |
释义 | > as lemmasI like it, but it does not like me P2. I like it, but it does not like me and variants: used to indicate something (usually food or drink) which a person enjoys but which has a negative or unpleasant effect on him or her. ΚΠ 1800 R. Bisset Douglas III. vii. 204 I like's the roe very much, but it does not like me; it always gives me the cholic. 1843 Colonial Gaz. 28 Oct. 675/2 What the appetite craves will easily be digested..; the common complaint of—‘I like such a thing but it does not like me’, being referable to eating the relished article too hastily. 1905 Academy 15 Apr. 418/2 A man is dull if he fails to accept a chance of saying: ‘I like it but it does not like me,’ or ‘Last not least’. 1983 Daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa) 8 Apr. 6/5 Dear old Lionel does like his scotch, but it doesn't like him. 1999 C. Aherne et al. Royle Family Scripts: Series 2 (2000) Episode 2. 46 Will you take the grapefruit out of mine, I can't eat it. I like it, but it doesn't like me. < as lemmas |
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