英语词汇“never send a boy to do a man's job”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. to send a boy to do a man's job and variants: to ask someone young, ill-equipped, or inexperienced to do difficult or complicated work. Usually in negative contexts, as never send a boy to do a man's job.

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1861 N.Y. Times 16 Oct. 1/1 Gen. Hancock campaigned it through Mexico, and was too old a soldier to be caught sending a boy to do a man's work.

1899 Yale Law Rev. 9 76 To expect such men to grapple successfully with the great problems of city government is absurd. We send a boy to do a man's job.

1911 Los Angeles Times 10 Aug. ii. 4/2 Never send a boy to do a man's duty.

1951 L. Lariar You Can't Catch Me ii. 18 Do you send a boy out on a man's job?

1967 ‘E. McGirr’ Hearse with Horses vi. 142 Piron thought he shouldn't have sent a boy to do a man's job.

2008 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 Mar. 21 He has probably come to the conclusion one should never send a boy to do a man's job.

单词	never send a boy to do a man's job
释义	> as lemmas never send a boy to do a man's job P3. to send a boy to do a man's job and variants: to ask someone young, ill-equipped, or inexperienced to do difficult or complicated work. Usually in negative contexts, as never send a boy to do a man's job. ΚΠ 1861 N.Y. Times 16 Oct. 1/1 Gen. Hancock campaigned it through Mexico, and was too old a soldier to be caught sending a boy to do a man's work. 1899 Yale Law Rev. 9 76 To expect such men to grapple successfully with the great problems of city government is absurd. We send a boy to do a man's job. 1911 Los Angeles Times 10 Aug. ii. 4/2 Never send a boy to do a man's duty. 1951 L. Lariar You Can't Catch Me ii. 18 Do you send a boy out on a man's job? 1967 ‘E. McGirr’ Hearse with Horses vi. 142 Piron thought he shouldn't have sent a boy to do a man's job. 2008 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 Mar. 21 He has probably come to the conclusion one should never send a boy to do a man's job. extracted from boyn.¹int. < as lemmas
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