| 单词 | i mean to say |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI mean to say b. colloquial (chiefly British). I mean to say: used parenthetically or as an exclamation, usually to emphasize the speaker's sincerity or concern, or to indicate indignation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > sincere emotion > expression of sincerity [phrase] I mean to say1843 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol i. 21 You may talk vaguely about driving a coach-and-six up a good old flight of stairs..; but I mean to say you might have got a hearse up that staircase, and taken it broadwise. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves i. 7 So dashed competent in every respect... I mean to say, take just one small instance. 1963 D. Lessing Man & Two Women 141 I mean to say, you've got to take the rough with the smooth. 1984 B. MacLaverty Cal (new ed.) 96 I've a good mind to pay you off here and now... I mean to say, you're working here a fortnight and you break into our property and scare the living daylights out of us. 1991 M. Kilby Man at Sharp End 261 ‘Well it's fairly obvious that you can't go back to the plant, innit?’ agreed his platinum blonde flatmate Deirdre. ‘Well I mean to say..it stands to reason like..don't it?’ she added. < as lemmas |
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