单词 | to be on the outside looking in |
释义 | > as lemmasto be on the outside looking in b. to be on the outside looking in and variants: to be excluded from some group, activity, etc. ΚΠ 1910 Chicago Tribune 11 Sept. iii. 1/2 You can make a cleaner getaway if you're on the outside looking in. 1944 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 38 902 Women are still on the outside looking in. 1971 M. Babson Cover-up Story ii. 24 They were laughing at me... It was in-joke laughter, and I was on the outside looking in. 1990 A. Leonard Gate-crashing Dream Party (BNC) 77 I was on the outside looking in... They belonged to a club I wasn't qualified to join, they were at a party and I hadn't been asked. < as lemmas |
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