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单词 the squeaky wheel gets the grease
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the squeaky wheel gets the grease
a. Characterized by squeaking sounds; tending to squeak. Proverbial phrase the squeaky wheel gets the grease (and variants): the person who makes the most fuss or trouble gets the attention.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or carefulness [phrase] > a troublesome person gets most care or attention
the squeaky wheel gets the grease1862
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > thin and shrill > squeak
squeaking1576
squeak1818
squeakyish1832
squeaky1862
1862 C. M. Yonge Countess Kate xii. 223 The loud squeaky key of the voice..showed that she had worked herself up into a state of excitement.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 219 They sang in nasal and squeaky tones.
1885 Harper's Mag. Dec. 78/1 What a scene of squeaky gossip in the moonlight!
1899 A. Conan Doyle Duet 238 An excellent piano.., but it is getting so squeaky in the upper notes.
1937 in J. Bartlett Familiar Quotations 518/2 The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.1948 in B. Stevenson Home Bk. Prov. 2883/2 I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking is the one that gets the grease.] 1969 J. La Marsh Mem. Bird in Gilded Cage x. 291 Mrs. Kinnear did..put on a most relentless campaign over the years..in line with the best of political principles—‘the squeaky wheel got the grease’.1974 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 17 Oct. 502/1 It is the old story: the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
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