英语词汇“to be telling”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P9. Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English (northern). to be telling: (with non-referential it, chiefly in conditional clauses) to be worth or as good as (so much) to; to be (so much) to the advantage or credit of (a person). Now rare.

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1629 Orkney Witch Trial in County Folk-lore (1903) 3 79 Haid [she] lettin yow abid with your brother it haid bene telling hir xl.£.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 213 It were telling your Kin, your Craig was broken.

a1732 T. Boston in Memoirs (1776) App. 1 If the gospel meet with no better entertainment after, than for these three years past, it would be telling many of you, that ye had never seen my face, nor I yours.

1822 A. Sutherland Cospatrick of Raymondsholm II. 8 It wad hae been telling some that are now safe frae skaith gin it had never been blither.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Tellin' It was tellin' him that he did as ye did.

1875 P. Ponder Kirkcumdoon 85 It wud be tellin' the pairish an' himsel' gin Josey gaed less aboot the Wallace Arms.

1889 H. Johnston Chron. Glenbuckie vii. 80 Weel, it's a gey spite I didna take your advice. It would have been telling me a ten-pound note.

1904 M. Bentinck-Smith in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) VI. 59/1 [Ulster] It would have been telling you to have been home an hour ago.

1905 S. R. Crockett Sir Toady Crusoe xxv. 194 It would be tellin' him if he told such-like seldomer, and bowed his head a deal more frequent.

1969 Huntly Express 21 Mar. 2 It's tellin' 'im he's young an' swack.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 351/1 It's telling you, it will or would be telling you, it is or would be to your advantage.

单词	to be telling
释义	> as lemmas to be telling P9. Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English (northern). to be telling: (with non-referential it, chiefly in conditional clauses) to be worth or as good as (so much) to; to be (so much) to the advantage or credit of (a person). Now rare. ΚΠ 1629 Orkney Witch Trial in County Folk-lore (1903) 3 79 Haid [she] lettin yow abid with your brother it haid bene telling hir xl.£. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 213 It were telling your Kin, your Craig was broken. a1732 T. Boston in Memoirs (1776) App. 1 If the gospel meet with no better entertainment after, than for these three years past, it would be telling many of you, that ye had never seen my face, nor I yours. 1822 A. Sutherland Cospatrick of Raymondsholm II. 8 It wad hae been telling some that are now safe frae skaith gin it had never been blither. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Tellin' It was tellin' him that he did as ye did. 1875 P. Ponder Kirkcumdoon 85 It wud be tellin' the pairish an' himsel' gin Josey gaed less aboot the Wallace Arms. 1889 H. Johnston Chron. Glenbuckie vii. 80 Weel, it's a gey spite I didna take your advice. It would have been telling me a ten-pound note. 1904 M. Bentinck-Smith in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) VI. 59/1 [Ulster] It would have been telling you to have been home an hour ago. 1905 S. R. Crockett Sir Toady Crusoe xxv. 194 It would be tellin' him if he told such-like seldomer, and bowed his head a deal more frequent. 1969 Huntly Express 21 Mar. 2 It's tellin' 'im he's young an' swack. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 351/1 It's telling you, it will or would be telling you, it is or would be to your advantage. extracted from tellv. < as lemmas
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