| 单词 | out of central casting |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(right, straight, etc.) out of Central Casting With allusive reference to the Hollywood agency Central Casting (see etymology): a notional organization imagined as supplying people to fill particular roles in a given situation, esp. people regarded as stereotypical or generic examples of certain character types. Esp. in (right, straight, etc.) out of Central Casting. ΚΠ 1941 Washington Post 21 Sept. vi. 3/4 The aged codgers in the windows of the University Club looking as though they were types sent over from Central Casting specifically for the purpose. 1955 Anderson (Indiana) Daily Bull. 12 May 4/5 The new existentialist place in Greenwich Village, Cafe Bohemia, boasts..a clientele right out of Central Casting. 1991 Harper's Mag. May 64/1 A villain out of central casting, with nuclear ambitions and a weakness for poison gas. 2007 N. Rosen How to live Off-grid iv. 157 Adam was a commune-dwelling hippy from central casting. < as lemmas |
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