| 单词 | to be kind father for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be kind father for (a person) P4. Irish English. to be kind father for (a person): to be inherent or innate in the specified person's character or constitution by virtue of heredity; to be natural for (someone). Cf. sense 1c and kind adj. 2a. Now rare.In later use frequently interpreted as showing kind adj.; cf. note at kind adj. 2a. ΚΠ c1735 J. Swift Dialogue in Hybernian Stile (1977) 74 And a good warrant you have, it is kind father for you. 1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 199 To do him justice, he's very friendly in going to a neighbour's funeral; and, indeed, kind father for you, Mr. Morrow, for it's he that was a raal good hand at going to such places himself. 1902 S. Brenan in Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 441/2 [Antrim] It's kind father for him to be a good Nationalist. 1953 Irish Examiner 3 Feb. 8/5 It was kind father for him to have a rare liking for racing. 1973 Connacht Times 20 July 38/7 If ever the phrase ‘kind father for him’ was apt it was well and truly demonstrated in the play of..young Frank Stockwell who showed every promise of following his father on to the Galway team. < as lemmas |
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