| 单词 | to be not as green as one is cabbage-looking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be not as green as one is cabbage-looking P9. to be not as green as one is cabbage-looking and variants: to be less of a fool than one might appear. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective] > not to be not as green as one is cabbage-looking1882 1882 Southern Argus (Goulburn, Austral.) 30 Sept. 4/1 The moral which the splitter extracted from the experience was to the effect that a man is not necessarily green because he is cabbage looking. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 3 Nov. 4/1 I said I knew 'ow many beans made 5..and if I wor cabbage-looking I woren't green. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 299 Gob, he's not as green as he's cabbagelooking. 2002 J. McGahern That they may face Rising Sun (2003) 156 ‘He wants to buy the place if he's able.’‘Aha... He's not as green as he's cabbage-looking.’ < as lemmas |
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