| 单词 | not yet in long trousers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot yet in long trousers P1. In various phrases referring (with varying degrees of literal meaning) to the wearing of long rather than short trousers as a mark of increasing maturity, as not yet in long trousers: young, at an early stage of development. Cf. short n. 7d, in short trousers at short adj., n., and adv. Additions. ΚΠ 1887 N.Y. Times 8 Apr. 4/7 The boys, nearly whole companies of whom were not yet in long trousers, marched with the steadiness of veterans. 1922 A. Stringer Prairie Child 305 [Calgary] impresses me as a frontier cow-town grown out of its knickers and still ungainly in its first long trousers. 1939 Pop. Mech. June 818/2 Air transport is in long trousers now. You buy transportation, not a carnival thrill-ride. 2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 7 Oct. 36 Barely in long trousers, he launched his own telecommunications company at the age of 18. < as lemmas |
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