| 单词 | before one knows it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbefore one knows it a. before one knows it: very soon, very quickly. ΚΠ 1795 F. Reynolds Rage 70 I shall be a dead man, before I know it. 1844 tr. ‘C. Sealsfield’ Rambleton 201/1 Cunning chap, that Harry! He'll turn you before you know it! 1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 254/2 Before he knew it his son had him out of his class day spread at Harvard. 1896 G. Ade Artie xvii. 154 This thing got the half-Nelson on me before I know it. 1913 W. Wilson in L. E. Sullivan Bandits & Bibles (2003) 198 They take another jolt and before they know it, they become ‘dope’ fiends themselves. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 101/1 (advt.) Almost before you know it, there'll be cool, crisp curtains at your windows. 1986 R. A. Jamieson Thin Wealth 55 Before she knew it, they were sitting O-levels and Highers and were off to university in Aberdeen. 2003 M. Salzman True Notebooks vii. 72 One Latino fool threw his gang sign and jumped this black fool, and before you know it, fools are jumping on other fools. < as lemmas |
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