英语词汇“let george do it”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. North American colloquial. let George do it: let someone else do the work or take the responsibility. [Origin unknown.

It has frequently been suggested (e. g. by H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (1921) xi.) that the phrase is after French laissez faire à Georges, said to have been used by King Louis XII (1462–1515, king from 1498) with reference to his prime minister Cardinal Georges d'Amboise (1460–1510), to whom he entrusted much of the day-to-day running of the country. However, this French phrase is apparently not attested before 1805 (in L.-P. Anquetil Hist. de France V. 376, which may have been the first source to attribute its use to King Louis XII), although a variant laisser faire à George, c'est un homme d'âge is found earlier (1690; apparently last recorded in Dict. de Trevoux (1771)). Regardless of the origin of the French phrase, it is very uncertain whether there is any link with the English phrase, since the French phrase (in any form) appears to have been very rare by the date of the first attestation of the English phrase.]

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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > get exemption [verb (intransitive)] > transfer responsibility to another

to whip the cat1793

let George do it1909

to pass the buck (to)1912

1909 Jrnl. Internat. Brotherhood of Boiler Makers 1 Aug. 476/2 Go to the meetings; take an active part as you do in your home; pay your dues and don't be a mollycoddle and think: ‘Oh, well, let George do it.’

1948 Chicago Tribune 10 Oct. (Grafic Mag.) 8/1 Producers have a way of saying ‘Let George do it’ whenever a particularly difficult villain role turns up.

1971 P. G. Wodehouse in N.Y. Times Encycl. Almanac 1971 448 It is the old, old story. Overconfidence. We tell ourselves, ‘Oh, I can't be bothered getting a divorce. They'll be plenty without me. Let George do it.’

1989 R. Wuthnow Struggle for America's Soul p. xiii The ‘let George do it’ attitude that comes with big government.

2010 Saginaw (Mich.) News (Nexis) 31 Jan. a6 People today are quite content to be entertained but have little interest in volunteering and helping out with museum business or research. Let George do it!

单词	let george do it
释义	> as lemmas let George do it P2. North American colloquial. let George do it: let someone else do the work or take the responsibility. [Origin unknown. It has frequently been suggested (e. g. by H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (1921) xi.) that the phrase is after French laissez faire à Georges, said to have been used by King Louis XII (1462–1515, king from 1498) with reference to his prime minister Cardinal Georges d'Amboise (1460–1510), to whom he entrusted much of the day-to-day running of the country. However, this French phrase is apparently not attested before 1805 (in L.-P. Anquetil Hist. de France V. 376, which may have been the first source to attribute its use to King Louis XII), although a variant laisser faire à George, c'est un homme d'âge is found earlier (1690; apparently last recorded in Dict. de Trevoux (1771)). Regardless of the origin of the French phrase, it is very uncertain whether there is any link with the English phrase, since the French phrase (in any form) appears to have been very rare by the date of the first attestation of the English phrase.] ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > get exemption [verb (intransitive)] > transfer responsibility to another to whip the cat1793 let George do it1909 to pass the buck (to)1912 1909 Jrnl. Internat. Brotherhood of Boiler Makers 1 Aug. 476/2 Go to the meetings; take an active part as you do in your home; pay your dues and don't be a mollycoddle and think: ‘Oh, well, let George do it.’ 1948 Chicago Tribune 10 Oct. (Grafic Mag.) 8/1 Producers have a way of saying ‘Let George do it’ whenever a particularly difficult villain role turns up. 1971 P. G. Wodehouse in N.Y. Times Encycl. Almanac 1971 448 It is the old, old story. Overconfidence. We tell ourselves, ‘Oh, I can't be bothered getting a divorce. They'll be plenty without me. Let George do it.’ 1989 R. Wuthnow Struggle for America's Soul p. xiii The ‘let George do it’ attitude that comes with big government. 2010 Saginaw (Mich.) News (Nexis) 31 Jan. a6 People today are quite content to be entertained but have little interest in volunteering and helping out with museum business or research. Let George do it! extracted from Georgen. < as lemmas
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