| 单词 | she-who-must-be-obeyed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasShe-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed n. (also with lower-case initials) colloquial (now usually mildly depreciative) a strong-willed or domineering woman, esp. a wife or female partner.In quot. 1887 a name given by her subjects to a powerful queen. ΚΠ 1887 H. R. Haggard She xv. 169 ‘She-who-must-be-obeyed’ commands thy presence, my Baboon. 1897 Living Age 13 Mar. 709/1 The dies dominae will dawn before very long, and in that case ‘She that shall be’ will most probably appear as ‘She-who-must-be-obeyed’. 1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married in Doctor's Dilemma 287 Collins. Excuse me, sir; but do you stay to breakfast?.. Hotchkiss. How do I know? Is my destiny..in my own hands? Go: ask She Who Must Be Obeyed. 1944 Times Record (Troy, N.Y.) 9 Feb. 12/7 Many a girl who turns out after marriage to be she-who-must-be-obeyed was before marriage a little appeaser. 1978 J. Mortimer Rumpole of Bailey 7 Hoping to turn a bob or two which won't be immediately grabbed by the taxman, or my clerk Henry, or by She Who Must Be Obeyed. 1998 C. Worrall Grace i. 7 ‘So how is She Who Must Be Obeyed these days?’.. ‘She's been better.’ 2007 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 18 Nov. 63/5 The groom [was] wearing his future mother-in-law's corsage. He had picked up the flowers but didn't realise the beautiful buttonhole was meant for she-who-must-be-obeyed. < as lemmas |
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