| 单词 | no names, no pack drill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasno names, no pack drill P20. colloquial (originally Army slang). no names, no pack drill: used proverbially or parenthetically to indicate that the person or persons guilty of a misdemeanour will not be named, in order to spare them recrimination. Now usually humorous in more general use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [noun] censorship1591 suppressing1591 reservation1612 suppression1628 no names, no pack drill1903 blackout1941 1903 Bucks Herald 11 Apr. 6/4 Witness asked him who the other man was, and he said, ‘no names, no pack drill’. 1923 O. Onions Peace in our Time i. ii. 25 Men had a way of omitting the names of those of whom they spoke; no names no pack-drill. 1926 E. Wallace More Educated Evans vii. 160 There's a certain party—no names no pack-drill—who's fairly doggin' me to get information. 1931 P. MacDonald Crime Conductor i. i. 7 ‘Meaning?’ said Cuthbertson. ‘No names,’ said Garth Johnson quickly, ‘no pack drill!’ 1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady ii. 32 It just means no name, no pack drill, and always speak well of them as has money to sue. 1962 ‘B. Graeme’ Undetective iii. 32 ‘It's a lie, mister. Who told you?’ ‘No names, no pack drill.’ 1990 D. Lucie Doing the Business in Fashion, Progress, Hard Feelings, Doing the Business (1991) 265 There was a guy..being told by an Oxbridge twit, no names no pack drill,..that he was a morally bankrupt, senseless philistine. < as lemmas |
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