单词 | nice work if you can get it |
释义 | > as lemmasnice work if you can get it P4. nice work if you can get it: expressing envy of what is perceived to be another's more agreeable situation, esp. if it seems to have been attained with little effort. ΚΠ 1937 G. Gershwin & I. Gershwin Nice Work if you can get It (song) Holding hands at mid-night 'Neath a starry sky, Nice work if you can get it, And you can get it if you try. 1958 Listener 2 Oct. 492/1 The Frenchman..may well reply with impatience: ‘Nice work if you can get it.’ 1986 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 11 Dec. 28 She'll be entertaining on board; nice work if you can get it. 1992 New Musical Express (BNC) 14 Nov. 45 The Farm will no doubt continue doing what they do... Nice work if you can get it, but we really do deserve much better. < as lemmas |
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