| 单词 | the world and his wife |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(all) the world and his wife P4. colloquial. With singular and plural agreement. (all) the world and his wife: a large and miscellaneous group of people; everybody. Cf. world n. Phrases 6b(a). ΚΠ 1730 Daily Post 30 June (advt.) A Defence of Hen-pecks: Or, All the World and his Wife. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 192 Miss. Pray, Madam, who were the Company? Lady Smart. Why, there was all the World, and his Wife. 1790 ‘A. Pasquin’ Postscript to New Bath Guide vi. 55 For this Hostess invites—all the world and his wife. 1822 Ld. Byron Let. 12 Jan. (1979) IX. 85 ‘All the World and his Wife’..as the proverb goes—were trying to trample upon me. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xvii. 157 All the world and his wife and daughter leave cards. 1912 World 7 May 701/1 So much has been heard of Hardelot lately..that its name must be familiar to all the world and his wife. 1946 N. Coward One, Two, Three in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 242/3 All the world and his wife Seemed to take a new life From that absurd—hurdy-gurdy little tune. 2000 D. Peace Nineteen Seventy-seven (2001) 295 I feel like a right prick stood out there for all the world and his wife to see. 2007 Opera Now Mar. 47/1 The world and his wife, as they said at the Press Office, were clamouring for tickets. < as lemmas |
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