单词 | just a bit of fun |
释义 | > as lemmasjust (also only) a bit of fun P5. just (also only) a bit of fun and variants: used (sometimes ironically or disingenuously) to denote behaviour or activity that is intended purely for amusement, and should not be interpreted as having any serious or malicious purpose; cf. all in good fun at Phrases 6b. ΚΠ 1797 Lottery, or Midsummer Recess (ed. 2) vi. 112 Where was the mighty harm?—it was only a good bit of fun. 1867 Sunshine Feb. 26/1 Oh, Miss Dawson, how very grave you are about such a little thing! It was only a bit of fun. 1917 McClure's Mag. Feb. 42/2 ‘Oh, but when it's only a little bit of fun!’..He gazed at her steadily. ‘Then you did do it.’ 1928 D. L. Sayers Lord Peter views Body 127 But as to this church business, that's just a bit of a lark got up among the boys... Just a bit of fun, that's all it is. 1960 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 24 Dec. 9/7 Two men were suspended for trying to embrace a girl bench-hand... ‘It was just a bit of fun.’ 2016 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Dec. 43 The blokey humour that usually ends with, ‘Ah come on, it's only a bit of fun.’ < as lemmas |
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