| 单词 | to be a person's pigeon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be a person's pigeon b. to be a person's pigeon: to be a person's concern, responsibility, or area of interest or expertise. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > conduct affairs > be someone's business or affair to be a person's pigeon1902 1902 Bulletin (Sydney) 27 Dec. 32/1 Guarding a house is ‘not their pidgin’ as the Chinese say... One dog one billet is their motto. 1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 293 ‘What about their musketry average?’ I went on. ‘Not my pidgin,’ said Bayley. 1924 G. H. L. Mallory Let. 11 May in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 (1925) ii. 233 Geoffrey Bruce whose ‘pigeon’ it is to deal with the porters. 1961 L. P. Hartley Two for River 45 Well, you do something, Thomas Henry, it's your pigeon. 1989 P. D. James Devices & Desires xxiv. 173 This isn't his pigeon. He's probably in bed. < as lemmas |
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