| 单词 | o'grady says |
| 释义 | > as lemmasO'Grady Says More fully O'Grady Says. A game in which players must obey a leader's instructions if (but only if) they are prefaced with the phrase ‘O'Grady says’; (also) the leader of this game. Cf. Simon Says n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > game of following the leader's instructions Simon1845 Simon Says1850 O'Grady1930 1930 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 143 O'Grady was a favourite game organized by Physical Training instructors to relieve the monotony of exercises. Various orders were shouted, but only those preceded by the phrase O'Grady says had to be obeyed. 1932 C. F. Smith Games & Game Leadership x. 219 O'Grady. This game, which was so extremely popular during the World War, is a play-way for conducting physical exercises and drill. 1958 R. J. Donnelly et al. Active Games & Contests (ed. 2) xxix. 603 The players must execute those prefaced by ‘O'Grady says’ and stand motionless on the others. 1980 ‘D. Kavanagh’ Duffy vi. 118 It's like that old game we used to play as children, O'Grady Says. I do hope the same rules apply. 2001 Observer (Nexis) 19 Aug. (Life Suppl.) 22 Fifty of us, ranging from eight years old to 13, innocently playing ‘O'Grady Says’. < as lemmas |
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