| 单词 | nix fish-tins |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnix fish-tins = no adj. Esp. in phrases representing Anglicization of German phrases, as nix fish-tins, etc.In quot. 1846 apparently: no good. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adjective] > no, none, or not any nanyeOE no (none) suchOE noneOE none-kinsOE nolOE no kina1400 zero1823 nix1846 nought1945 bugger-all1948 damn all1953 fuck-all1961 eff-all1965 zilch1969 zip1969 zippo1973 sod all1978 negative1984 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 48 Rutty is a tidy workman, but as his nibs was nicks at a dovetail, the donna cracked a wid to him. 1866 Capt. Flack Prairie Hunter (1879) xxi. 98 When ‘Nix-forstay’ (a common nickname for the Germans in the far south-west) returned..he proceeded to rake the fire for his supper. 1877 E. L. Wheeler Deadwood Dick, Prince of Road 81 ‘Nix cum-a-rouse!’ disagreed the old prospector. 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands vii. 84 No man can reasonably expect t' live ther life iv er hindependent gent on er nix income. 1928 H. Crane Let. 31 Jan. (1965) 315 One can generally ‘place’ people to some extent; but out here it's mostly nix. 1945 G. Morgan Only Ghosts can Live xii. 144 ‘Nix Fish-Tins.’ Gefangener—German for ‘Nicht verstehen’: I don't get you. 1971 Daily Tel. 12 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 21/2 Oh, I just said battery kaput, nix lights, nix motor. 1991 R. Osborne Conversat. with Karajan (BNC) The chorus was better at shouting than singing; they thought this was the true Wagner style. Toscanini put a stop to all that at his first rehearsal for Tannhäuser: ‘No, no, nix Wagner, nix Bayreuth—café chantant!’ < as lemmas |
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