| 单词 | back in your box |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(get) back in your box a. colloquial. to get back in (also into) one's box and variants: to stop being interfering, annoying, troublesome, or stupid; to go away. Frequently in imperative, esp. in (get) back in your box. ΚΠ 1920 Mineral (Montana) Independent 12 Aug. Beckworth ponders: ‘There was but one recollection troubled me, and that was my lonely one in St. Louis [sc. Beckworth's wife, Eliza]...’ Back into your box, Eliza. You clog the scenery for the next act. 1989 J. R. Schlesinger Amer. at Century's End i. 4 Mr. Khrushchev..threatened to ‘rain missiles down on London and Paris’... It was the United States that had to order Mr. Khruschev to get back into his box—and to content himself with his spoils in Hungary. 2019 @melaniekmelvin 17 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 4 Oct. 2019) Ffs!.. Get back in your box. < as lemmas |
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