单词 | as who should say |
释义 | > as lemmasas who should say e. as who should say [compare French comme qui dirait] = as much as to say. archaic. Also †as if he should say (should have said). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adverb] > in supposed meaning askancesa1413 as if he should say (should have said)1552 1552 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (rev. ed.) sig. Tijv It is asmuch, as who should saie: he that made the, without the, cannot saue yt without the. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 251 Then one of them behelde another, as who should say, who is he that dare go foorth to cary this message. 1600 C. Sutton Disce Mori (1607) x. 168 He declared as thus, his integrity of life: Behold here I am, beare record of mee... As if hee should haue sayd, Giue me my Quietus est at parting. a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 112 Some conceive the Apostle to use that phrase by way of excellency, (as if he should haue said), though I were of the most excellent elocution. 1687 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times I. 150 As who should say; 'tis e'en a Mercy that we have not had All our Throats Cut. 1883 J. W. Sherer At Home & in India 110 Rameshur bowed his head, following the action by two or three affirmative nods, as who should say, ‘Yes, yes’ [etc.]. as who should say (b) as who should say: as if saying, as if one should say, as one may say, as much as to say. archaic. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 8611 Ho turned hir ouer..as qua sulde sai I. knaw na harme. 1527 W. Tyndale Parable Wicked Mammon (1528) 36 If I preache (sayeth he) I haue nought to reioyse in, for necessyte is put vnto me, as who shulde say, god hathe made me so. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. ii. 45 Hee doth nothing but frowne (as who should say, & you will not haue me, choose..). View more context for this quotation 1661 R. L'Estrange Interest Mistaken 127 This is but another Alarm, as who should say; Look to your selves my Masters. 1718 S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife i. ii. 9 They command Regard, as who should say, We are your Defenders. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xliv. 191 Mr. Dennis coughed and shook his head, as who should say, ‘A mystery indeed!’ 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps ii. ix. §1 Sid beamed at Kipps, as who should say, ‘You don't meet a character like this every dinner-time’. 1935 Archit. Rev. 77 270/3 He straightened his back and gave me an old-fashioned look as who should say ‘And I dare you to laugh at me in your damn superior way, blast you.’ 2001 S. Heaney Electric Light 28 Butter wouldn't melt in that smiler's mouth So I smile straight back, as who should say, ‘Good God, You know you're absolutely right.’ < as lemmas |
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