| 单词 | a pat on the back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa pat on the back (also head) b. figurative. a pat on the back (also head): an expression of approval or congratulation. ΚΠ c1804 Lady Hamilton in G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 241 Sir William..never got even a pat on the back. 1898 A. Quiller-Couch in R. L. Stevenson St. Ives 306 A word of approbation—a little pat on the back, as I may say. 1952 M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke iv. 81 He had liked the boy... The present assignment had been in the nature of a personal pat on the head for him. 1969 Listener 15 May 698/2 A pat on the back for the regional bulletin South-East. 2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Dec. 94/2 Police departments are ambivalent about counseling... A cop in therapy does not get pats on the back. < as lemmas |
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