| 单词 | say no more |
| 释义 | > as lemmassay no more e. say no more: there is no need to say anything further; now used (sometimes with conspiratorial innuendo) to indicate that one understands what someone is trying to imply. ΚΠ 1594 Willobie his Auisa xlvii. f. 43 Well, say no more: I know thy griefe. 1698 Unnatural Mother iv. 35 Well, say no more, you shall see what I'le do if you will but begin. 1784 H. Cowley More Ways than One v. 85 Poor young gentleman! Say no more—say no more. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons xiii. lxxiv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 651/2 Say no more. I understand you. 1867 All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 12 Dec. 27/2 ‘Say no more!’ returned Obenreizer. ‘In your place I should have done the same.’ 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas i. 15 ‘Then say no more,’ I said. ‘It's a go.’ 1969 G. Chapman et al. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1989) I. iii. 40 Is your wife a..goer..eh? Know what I mean?..Nudge nudge. Snap snap. Grin, grin, wink, wink, say no more. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 June (Late City Final ed.) b3/5 I told Ross..I wanted to get into the restaurant business because I wanted a business with a cash flow... Ross said: ‘Say no more.’ 2007 R. Skerritt No More Lies 231 ‘I don't keep condoms at my house. And I wasn't sure if you had any—’ ‘Say no more,’ he says, trying not to break into a grin. < as lemmas |
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