单词 | that cat won't jump |
释义 | > as lemmasthat cat won't jump k. that cat won't jump (originally U.S.): that suggestion is implausible or impracticable. ΚΠ 1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xvi. 242 Them Yankee villains would break up our laws, language, and customs; that cat wouldn't jump at all, would it? 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. iii. ix. 372 ‘They talk of suicide here,’ he said at last. ‘That cat won't jump.’ 1934 F. W. Crofts 12.30 from Croydon xiii. 178 They know I was hard up...No, Charles, that cat won't jump. 1965 ‘S. Troy’ No More a-Roving ii. 57 If you're telling me she fell in, just like that—oh no! That cat won't jump. < as lemmas |
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