| 单词 | to do a harvey smith |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do a Harvey Smith A V-sign (sense 2b); a gesture of defiance or contempt. Also to do a Harvey Smith, to make a gesture of this kind. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > think or behave contemptuously [verb (intransitive)] > express contempt by gesture scrape1561 to fork the fingers1640 to cock one's nose (up)1692 to look down one's nose (at)1721 to do a Harvey Smith1973 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of expressing contempt > by gesture > specific gesture ficoa1577 fig1579 tweak1616 V-sign1948 two fingers1971 Harvey Smith1973 1972 H. Smith V is for Victory i. 14 Hickstead 1971. The British Jumping Derby was held on August 15th... I raised two fingers on my right hand... It was a V for Victory... If it was also interpreted as an ‘up you’ to those..who had made it plain that they wanted Mattie Brown to lose; then all well and good.] 1973 A. Smith Radford's To coin Phrase 109/2 The show jumper Harvey Smith..was alleged to have raised two fingers at..one of the judges..but was later exonerated. As a result the phrase ‘..so I gave him the old Harvey Smith’ gained some currency. 1978 Daily Tel. 4 Apr. 16/5 Some of her activities have been the cause of public opprobrium... Her latest escapade can be interpreted as ‘doing a Harvey Smith’ at everybody. 1981 Oxford Star 6–7 Aug. 2/3 Feeble attempts by the authorities to curb this action have been met with a very strong ‘Harvey Smith’. 1988 Bicycle Midsummer 32/3 A grizzled old chap who had witnessed the crone's rudeness, yelled something in Portuguese, too fast for me to follow, and gave her the local equivalent of a Harvey Smith. < as lemmas |
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