| 单词 | naughty but nice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnaughty but nice b. naughty but nice: designating something regarded playfully as bad, reprehensible, or immoral, but also enjoyable (chiefly predicative; also attributive with hyphens). ΚΠ 1871 A. Lloyd in ‘It's Naughty but it's Nice’ Songster 12 At the charming game of Croquet I have been her partner twice; I love her, ain't it naughty—Well, it's naughty , but it's nice. 1877 Galaxy Aug. 281 ‘It's naughty, but it's nice’, as a popular song says. 1883 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 13 Jan. 6/3 It's naughty but it's nice.] 1887 O. W. Holmes Let. 15 May (1896) II. 312 I vow I shall have to get up Juvenal or Catullus, naughty but nice, or somebody that nobody else knows. 1927 Times 20 Dec. 12/6 New Gallery. Regent-street... Colleen Moore in ‘Naughty but Nice’. 1971 Times 12 Aug. 6/6 (caption) 3 naughty-but-nice porcelain figures in beach costume by Goldschneider. 1977 Forbes (Nexis) 1 June 29 A drug scandal dimmed somewhat the naughty-but-nice Hefner image. 1997 Independent 19 Dec. 7/2 Sometimes people consume enjoyable substances such as naughty but nice food and drink but feel guilty about it. < as lemmas |
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