| 单词 | they must have seen you coming |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthey (etc.) must have seen you (also me, etc.) coming b. colloquial. to see (a person) coming: to recognize (a person) as a likely target for deception, overcharging, etc. Esp. in they (etc.) must have seen you (also me, etc.) coming. ΚΠ 1893 Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania) 24 Feb. I never paid more than 2s 6d. up to 3s for my horse, and..if ‘A Victorian’ paid 5s, the Tasy ostlers must have ‘seen him coming’. 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VI. i. 138/2 To see one coming, to impose on. 1922 Sunset Apr. 28/2 I went out to the States intending to settle down in civilization, but they must have seen me coming. In no time I hadn't a cent left. 1960 Herald Jrnl. (Logan, Utah) 24 June 2/1 They must have seen you coming. I bought the same thing for $10 less. 1990 M. Leigh Life is Sweet in Naked & Other Screenplays (1995) 129 Aubrey: They're knackered... I got the three of them for seventeen pound fifty—y'know? Andy: They saw you coming, mate! 2016 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 8 Mar. 26 At the prices they charge, they must have seen me coming. < as lemmas |
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