| 单词 | irish hint |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIrish hint Irish hint n. a very broad hint (esp. one expressed in action), a blunt statement.Now likely to be considered offensive. ΚΠ 1769 J. Madison Let. 10 Aug. in Papers (1962) I. 43 I believe there will not be the least danger of my getting an Irish hint, as they call it. 1854 Hogg's Instructor 3 513/1 Give them an Irish hint, can't you?—kick them down stairs. 1856 Courier of Mines 6 Nov. He shows a whole white plume, Until he gets an Irish hint, a kick, to leave the room. 1874 Athenæum 15 Aug. 201/1 Maybe he got the well-known Irish hint which keeps any man from going as a guest anywhere, and which consists in the said man not being invited. 1989 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. (at cited word) A teacher, having stumped a student with a question, rephrased it in such a way as to make the answer obvious, adding, ‘An Irish hint.’ < as lemmas |
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