| 单词 | there is no nonsense about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthere is no nonsense about b. Foolish or extravagant conduct; silliness, misbehaviour. Chiefly in negative contexts, as to stand (also take) no nonsense, there is no nonsense about (a person), etc.to knock the nonsense out of: see knock v. 6e. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour ribaldyc1330 niceheada1475 simpleness?a1475 foolery1562 motley1575 foolationa1635 simples1637 nonsense1678 follying1818 boobery1829 spoonism1839 moonraking1846 lallygagging1868 bohunkus1918 twattery?1979 1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy IV. i I have no leasure to attend your nonsense. 1757 P. Bacon Oculist i. 45 You don't see your nonsense and wickedness. 1799 C. Smith What is She? iii. iii. 41 Hav'n't you done with your nonsense yet? 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xiii. 272 Come, let us have no more of this nonsense. 1821 Sporting Mag. 8 233 Smith would stand no nonsense. 1836 G. Stephen Adventures in Search of Horse (1841) i. 4 There was ‘no nonsense about him’ [sc. a horse],..but he unluckily moved like a castle! 1872 M. MacLennan Peasant Life 97 Noo, nae nanesense, Aileen. 1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xxviii. 235 Miss Carson is a very fine girl. There is no nonsense about her. 1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) 50 She was a plump healthy-looking girl with a pleasant face and thick blonde hair twisted into neat coils beneath her cap. She looked as if she would stand no nonsense. 1958 J. Barth End of Road iii. 30 Perhaps because it was a weekday, there was not a girl on the beach worth the necessary nonsense involved in a pickup. 1994 Times Mag. 8 Jan. 30/2 The guides themselves..are sunny, bright and boppy, but take no nonsense. < as lemmas |
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