| 单词 | in your face |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin your face in your face int. and adj. originally Basketball colloquial (a) int. (used to express scorn or derision); (b) adj. (chiefly hyphenated) bold or aggressive; blatant, provocative; brash. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > expressions used in derision or ridicule [phrase] scilicet1539 don't make me laugh1733 I should smile1883 how do you like them (also those) apples?1895 in your face1975 the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > pert or brash pertc1405 skipjack1598 puppily1682 whelpish1688 saucy1710 owdacious1751 minxing1767 puppyish1775 puppy-like1792 brash1824 pertish1836 cheekish1838 uppish1841 tossy1848 fly1884 soubrettish1891 whipper-snapping1925 in your face1975 1975 P. Jackson & C. Rosen Maverick x. 136 If the ball went in, they'd say, ‘In your face, mother.’ It's just a display of raw ego power—one man forcing another to submit. 1976 C. Rosen Mile above Rim xv. 159 ‘Stuffed!’ shouted the taller boy. ‘Doobie got himself stuffed!.. In yo' face, Doobie!’ 1976 Washington Post 10 Mar. d1/5 He proved it, of course, mowing down the 76ers with a burst of ‘in-your-face’ basketball that could just as well have come from a machine gun. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Feb. d1 Pipkin was the epitome of the ‘hot dog’, interested only in a personal, in-your-face confrontation with the defender of the moment. 1990 Chicago Sun-Times 30 Nov. i. 90/1 Ismail is unusual in that he's not you prototypical chest-out, in-your-face, strut-your-stuff star. 1992 N.Y. Times 6 June 23/1 The voters are saying, ‘In your face, Bush!’ They are saying, ‘In your face, Clinton!’ That's because the voters are stressed out. 2005 Independent 4 July 58/6 If..the lobbying is too ‘in your face’, then they just want to lock themselves in their hotel rooms. < as lemmas |
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