英语词汇“there is nothing doing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. there is (was, etc.) nothing doing: nothing is (was, etc.) happening, usually implying that something was suspected or expected.

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1700 Earl of Manchester Let. 29 Dec. in C. Cole Mem. Affairs of State 1697–1708 (1733) 274 He always says there is nothing doing; whatever I acquainted you with, came from other Hands.

1717 D. Defoe Minutes Negotiations M. Mesnager 187 They had resolved to have the Rumour spread on their Side, while there was really nothing doing.

1827 T. De Quincey in Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 211/2 Complaining ‘that there was nothing doing’.

1858 Leisure Hour 25 Mar. 186/2 There's nothing doing now.

1915 Harper's Mag. Oct. 723/1 Suzanne, that was a castle of cards we were building. There's nothing doing.

1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking vi. 206 If you're trying to propose to me, sign off. There is nothing doing.

1930 W. S. Maugham Gent. in Parlour x. 46 Then my girl asked me to marry her... I told her there was nothing doing.

2006 Church Times 12 May 44/3 A lean tomcat calls to pay court to Kitty, who eyes him sanguinely, safe in the knowledge that there is nothing doing.

单词	there is nothing doing
释义	> as lemmas there is (was, etc.) nothing doing b. there is (was, etc.) nothing doing: nothing is (was, etc.) happening, usually implying that something was suspected or expected. ΚΠ 1700 Earl of Manchester Let. 29 Dec. in C. Cole Mem. Affairs of State 1697–1708 (1733) 274 He always says there is nothing doing; whatever I acquainted you with, came from other Hands. 1717 D. Defoe Minutes Negotiations M. Mesnager 187 They had resolved to have the Rumour spread on their Side, while there was really nothing doing. 1827 T. De Quincey in Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 211/2 Complaining ‘that there was nothing doing’. 1858 Leisure Hour 25 Mar. 186/2 There's nothing doing now. 1915 Harper's Mag. Oct. 723/1 Suzanne, that was a castle of cards we were building. There's nothing doing. 1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking vi. 206 If you're trying to propose to me, sign off. There is nothing doing. 1930 W. S. Maugham Gent. in Parlour x. 46 Then my girl asked me to marry her... I told her there was nothing doing. 2006 Church Times 12 May 44/3 A lean tomcat calls to pay court to Kitty, who eyes him sanguinely, safe in the knowledge that there is nothing doing. extracted from dov. < as lemmas
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