英语词汇“there are no flies on”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

g. there are no flies on: (a) there is no lack of activity or astuteness in (a person); there is no fault to be found with, there are no blemishes in; (b) there is nothing dishonest or ‘shady’ about (a transaction). So to have no flies on, etc. slang (originally Australian or U.S.).The earliest examples indicate that the phrase was probably originally applied to cattle that are so active that flies do not settle on them.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [phrase]

as sound (also healthy, etc.) as a pippin1843

there are no flies on1848

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > achieve understanding [phrase]

to see, etc. through (also into) a (brick, mud, stone) wall1598

to read someone like an open book1827

there are no flies on1848

to get under the skin of1862

to get or have (someone or something) taped1914

1848 H. W. Haygarth Recoll. Bush Life Austral. ix. 101 ‘It's lucky we got them,’ said Amos; ‘there were “no flies” about that black bull.’ Note. This expression is very common in Australia... Anything particularly good is said by the class of men we are here describing to have ‘no flies’ about it.

1868 J. Diprose St. Clement Danes 99 To this celebrated pugilist [sc. Deaf Burke] is attributed the old story of the ‘flies in the gin-and-water’, and hence the term ‘no flies’ became prevalent. [The story follows.]

1888 Missouri Republ. 24 Feb. in J. S. Farmer Americanisms (1889) Persons who are capable of descending to New York and Boston English are fully justified in saying that there are no flies on St. Louis or the St. Louis delegation either.

1888 Detroit Free Press 25 Aug. (Farmer & Henley) There ain't no flies on him, signifies, that he is not quiet long enough for moss to grow on his heels, that he is wide awake.

1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 23/1 There are no flies on me, on him, etc.,..‘I am dealing honestly with you’; ‘he is genuine, and is not humbugging’. In America, the expression is used of (1) a man of quick parts..(2) a person of superior breeding or descent.

1897 R. M. Stuart In Simpkinsville i. 18 They wasn't no flies on his shape, nor his rig, nor his manners neither.

1898 Strand Mag. May 516 I kin put you in the way of making your pile, I kin. This is a bona-fide offer. No flies on my business.

1900 G. Bonner Hard-pan iii. 83 There are no flies on your little sister.

1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. vi. 156 There are no flies on your uncle.

1948 C. Day Lewis Otterbury Incident iv. 43 There are no flies on Rickie. I'm pretty sure he'd spotted how his own shoes got dirty.

1961 Observer 23 Apr. 18/2 There are no flies on Benaud. If England start bowling their overs slowly, no one will have to draw his attention to it.

单词	there are no flies on
释义	> as lemmas there are no flies on g. there are no flies on: (a) there is no lack of activity or astuteness in (a person); there is no fault to be found with, there are no blemishes in; (b) there is nothing dishonest or ‘shady’ about (a transaction). So to have no flies on, etc. slang (originally Australian or U.S.).The earliest examples indicate that the phrase was probably originally applied to cattle that are so active that flies do not settle on them. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [phrase] as sound (also healthy, etc.) as a pippin1843 there are no flies on1848 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > achieve understanding [phrase] to see, etc. through (also into) a (brick, mud, stone) wall1598 to read someone like an open book1827 there are no flies on1848 to get under the skin of1862 to get or have (someone or something) taped1914 1848 H. W. Haygarth Recoll. Bush Life Austral. ix. 101 ‘It's lucky we got them,’ said Amos; ‘there were “no flies” about that black bull.’ Note. This expression is very common in Australia... Anything particularly good is said by the class of men we are here describing to have ‘no flies’ about it. 1868 J. Diprose St. Clement Danes 99 To this celebrated pugilist [sc. Deaf Burke] is attributed the old story of the ‘flies in the gin-and-water’, and hence the term ‘no flies’ became prevalent. [The story follows.] 1888 Missouri Republ. 24 Feb. in J. S. Farmer Americanisms (1889) Persons who are capable of descending to New York and Boston English are fully justified in saying that there are no flies on St. Louis or the St. Louis delegation either. 1888 Detroit Free Press 25 Aug. (Farmer & Henley) There ain't no flies on him, signifies, that he is not quiet long enough for moss to grow on his heels, that he is wide awake. 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 23/1 There are no flies on me, on him, etc.,..‘I am dealing honestly with you’; ‘he is genuine, and is not humbugging’. In America, the expression is used of (1) a man of quick parts..(2) a person of superior breeding or descent. 1897 R. M. Stuart In Simpkinsville i. 18 They wasn't no flies on his shape, nor his rig, nor his manners neither. 1898 Strand Mag. May 516 I kin put you in the way of making your pile, I kin. This is a bona-fide offer. No flies on my business. 1900 G. Bonner Hard-pan iii. 83 There are no flies on your little sister. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. vi. 156 There are no flies on your uncle. 1948 C. Day Lewis Otterbury Incident iv. 43 There are no flies on Rickie. I'm pretty sure he'd spotted how his own shoes got dirty. 1961 Observer 23 Apr. 18/2 There are no flies on Benaud. If England start bowling their overs slowly, no one will have to draw his attention to it. extracted from flyn.¹ < as lemmas
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