| 单词 | not to be in it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to be in it d. Originally Horse Racing. not to be in it: not to be in the running, not to be a serious competitor; not to count for anything. ΚΠ 1889 Spectator 21 Sept. 374/2 ‘Flying Childers’ and ‘Eclipse’ would not be ‘in it’ with our modern cracks. 1902 H. James Wings of Dove vi. xx. 298 ‘You scarcely call him, I suppose, one of the dukes.’ ‘Mercy, no—far from it. He's not, compared with other possibilities, “in” it.’ 1907 F. H. Burnett Shuttle xxxviii. 381 ‘Hope you had a fine time, Mr. Selden?’ ‘Fine! I should smile. Fine wasn't in it.’ 1912 A. Bennett Matador of Five Towns & Other Stories 272 We were completely outshone. I tell you, we were not in it, not anywhere near being in it! 1913 F. L. Barclay Broken Halo vi. 69 In fact, the Egyptian dynasties weren't in it! She was positively antediluvian! 1915 A. Huxley Let. Oct. (1969) 82 At present I share Balliol with one..man..who rather repels me at meals by his..habit of shewing satisfaction with the food: Sir Toby Belch was not in it. 1960 L. Cooper Accomplices iv. ii. 224 I thought the Party knew all the technique there is about handling people, but they're not in it with the Church. 1964 H. E. F. Donohue Conversations with Nelson Algren ii. 74 All people are killers, potentially. Tigers aren't in it with people. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 140 A fight in the snow is a tame affair and not in it with a hot summer contest. 2017 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Mar. Not in it now, not in it next year either? < as lemmas |
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