| 单词 | somewhere in france |
| 释义 | > as lemmassomewhere in France (also England, London, etc.) e. somewhere in France (also England, London, etc.): in a location that cannot be specified exactly, for reasons of censorship, security, etc. Also in extended use (typically to convey a sense of mystery or secrecy): in a location that one does not wish to specify exactly.The phrase was frequently used in news reports during the First World War (1914–18) and Second World War (1939–45) because censorship restrictions meant that precise locations of troops, etc., could not be disclosed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > somewhere otherwherea1400 somewhere or another or other1791 somewhere in France (also England, London, etc.)1914 1914 Financial Times 30 Oct. 5/6 At least 100 men are with the Colours and serving the Allies ‘somewhere in France’. 1915 Illustr. London News 20 Feb. 233 (caption) The War Area as seen by the Airman: ‘somewhere in Flanders’ photographed from a reconnoitring Aeroplane. 1915 Daily Sketch 17 Aug. 12/1 None of these soldiers a year ago expected to be snapped one day..—somewhere in Egypt. 1918 Wireless World 6 390 A Wireless Section ‘Somewhere in England’. 1939 War Illustr. 14 Oct. 144 From ‘Somewhere in England’ to ‘Somewhere in France’: 1939 Echoes the Story of 1914. 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. viii. 52 If our lads was fightin' like 'ell somewhere in France, why yer'd see them production figures take a high jump. 1943 Gramophone Sept. 63/3 From Mr. Tony Puddy, Somewhere-in-England. 1973 Jewish Chron. 9 Feb. 15/2 The girls I visited recently on a training course ‘somewhere in Israel’ were not all bunched together in one group. 1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy xvii. 400 The Somewhere-in-England sense of makeshift habitation which enshrines the secret nostalgia of every exiled correspondent. 1990 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 4 Apr. 3 President F W de Klerk and his cabinet began a two-day working session ‘somewhere in the Boland’ yesterday to discuss the political situation in South Africa. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Feb. 14/3 They [sc. contestants on a reality TV programme] had been there for two weeks and were showing the strain, holed up in a dormitory ‘somewhere in London’. < as lemmas |
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