| 单词 | over the left shoulder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasover the left shoulder (a) over the left: used to imply that what has been said is insincere, untrue, or the opposite of what is meant. Originally more fully over the left shoulder. Chiefly colloquial. Obsolete. [Compare earlier over the shoulder at shoulder n. 2b.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adverb] > expressing the opposite over the left shoulder1705 over the left1837 1640 Womens Sharpe Revenge 180 Some oppressing inhospitable Great Man, or to a Begging-making Project-monger (whom a Commonwealth is bound to pray for over the left shoulder). 1705 Rec. Hartford County Court (U.S.) 4 Sept. in Newcastle Daily Jrnl. 28 July 1891 The said Waters, as he departed from the table, he said, ‘God bless you over the left shoulder’. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xli. 450 Each gentleman pointed with his right thumb over his left shoulder. This action, imperfectly described in words by the very feeble term of ‘over the left’..; its expression is one of light and playful sarcasm. 1849 New Monthly Mag. 87 237 ‘All over the left,’ said Frosty..‘He's come gammonin' down here that he's a great man..but it's all my eye.’ 1906 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Apr. 454 ‘Plenty of 'em!’ he answered offhand. ‘Over the left!’ he added aside, with a private wink. < as lemmas |
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