| 单词 | big bad wolf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBig Bad Wolf Big Bad Wolf n. (also with lower-case initial(s)) originally North American (usually with the) (the name of) a wolf who is the villain of various nursery stories; (hence allusively) any threatening or sinister person or thing. ΚΠ 1909 G. Burchill et al. Three Brother Pigs in Progressive Road to Reading 61 The big, bad Wolf came, and knocked at the door, and said ‘Little Pig, Little Pig, let me in.’ 1933 F. Churchill (title of song) Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf. 1933 Winnipeg Free Press 16 Nov. 22/3 The economy and saving is such that it helps to keep the ‘Big Bad Wolf’ from the door. 1992 Training Sept. 60/1 Little Red Riding Hood comes to the gradual realization that ‘Grandma’ is actually the Big Bad Wolf. 2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 22 July 36/1 Gerard..has been meeting privately with environmental leaders, trying to convince them that the industry is not the Big Bad Wolf. < as lemmas |
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