英语词汇“not to have both oars in the water”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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not to have both oars in the water

P3. North American colloquial. to have both oars in the water and variants: to be mentally stable, to be sane. Usually in negative contexts, as not to have both oars in the water (derogatory).

ΚΠ

1980 T. Wynne-Jones Odd's End ix. 69 Perhaps Mary doesn't have both oars in the water or is not playing with a full deck!

1993 J. Mowry Six out Seven i. iii. 34 Times I wonder y'all gots both oars in the water, boy.

2002 Denver Post (Nexis) 27 Jan. d2 What makes me wonder if [he]..has both his oars in the water is his statement that his mining operation is a ‘temporary use of the land’.

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as lemmas

单词	not to have both oars in the water
释义	> as lemmas not to have both oars in the water P3. North American colloquial. to have both oars in the water and variants: to be mentally stable, to be sane. Usually in negative contexts, as not to have both oars in the water (derogatory). ΚΠ 1980 T. Wynne-Jones Odd's End ix. 69 Perhaps Mary doesn't have both oars in the water or is not playing with a full deck! 1993 J. Mowry Six out Seven i. iii. 34 Times I wonder y'all gots both oars in the water, boy. 2002 Denver Post (Nexis) 27 Jan. d2 What makes me wonder if [he]..has both his oars in the water is his statement that his mining operation is a ‘temporary use of the land’. extracted from oarn. < as lemmas
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