单词 | sez you |
释义 | > as lemmassez you ‘Says’, esp. in humorous representations of nonstandard speech, and in sez you (see say v.1 1c(b)). ΚΠ 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. i. 8 Cousin John took out his watch..and, sez he,—‘Come, Mr. Slick.’ 1886 F. H. Burnett Little Ld. Fauntleroy i. 9 Sez he to me: ‘Mary,’ sez he, ‘I'm very much int'rusted in the 'lection,’ sez he. 1904 P. G. Wodehouse William Tell vii. 45 ‘What I sez,’ said Friesshardt, ‘is, wot's the use of us wasting our time here?’ 1930 Outlook (N.Y.) 12 Nov. 417/3 I am so tired of hearing sap, oh boy, and how, sez you, guts and dirty bum, that I could almost leave for the Fiji Islands to escape them. 1931 Week-end Rev. 24 Oct. 513/1 Mr. Lowe is well known for his invention of the famous catch-phrase ‘Sez you!’ 1933 D. Thomas Let. Nov. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 53 May I borrow that foul expression of yours—it isn't yours, really—and whisper Sez You into his ear. 1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood ii. i. 125 They must not attempt either to monopolise or possess. (Sez we.) 1960 J. Stroud Shorn Lamb xi. 128 If I make a movement, he sez: ‘Oh, don't be disgusting!’ he sez. 1973 ‘B. Graeme’ Two & Two make Five xiii. 123 ‘He's..not nearly so useful in a rough house.’ ‘Sez you!’ Sanders growled. 1977 J. Porter Who the Heck is Sylvia? xvi. 151 ‘One should never break promises to children.’ ‘Sez who?’ < as lemmas |
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