| 单词 | just quietly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjust quietly 2. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. just quietly: confidentially, between you and me. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [adverb] > in confidence in counselc1400 entre nous1691 confidentiallya1834 just quietly1937 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 448/2 Just quietly was, in the G[reat] W[ar], a tag-c[atch] p[hrase] among New Zealanders. It had virtually no meaning. 1938 X. Herbert Capricornia 145 He'd love to see you 'fore you goes. Thinks a lot of you, you know, just quietly. 1951 E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves (1952) ii. 123 ‘That Chips Prentice is a soldier and a half. Just quietly, he's up for a decoration.’ 2000 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 1 Dec. 16 It's always a magical, fun evening, and, just quietly, Santa will be there, too. < as lemmas |
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