英语词汇“to come the old soldier”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. colloquial. to come (also act, play, etc.) the old soldier (over a person) [compare come v. Phrases 2b] : to use one's greater age or experience to deceive (a person) or to shirk a duty.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > cheat, swindle [phrase] > get the better of

to do brown?1548

to give one the (or a) slampant1577

to play the merchant with1593

to come (or put) Yorkshire on one1700

to steal a march1716

to come (also act, play, etc.) the old soldier (over a person)1810

1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Soldier Old soldier,..a shrewd and intelligent person. It sometimes means an individual who will not scruple to take advantage of the credulity or inexperience of others. Hence to come the old soldier over you.

1820 C. Robertson Corr. Bk. (1939) 138 It was now my turn to play the old soldier a little.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. v. 112 I should think he was coming the old soldier over me, and keeping up his game.

1835 H. Lane Five Years in State's Prison 11 He..set me to breaking up rocks, but it was so heavy I could not swing it:..the keeper would come and give me five or six raps with his cudgel every half hour, says he, ‘I'll learn you how to act the old soldier.’

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xvii. 331 But you needn't try to come the old soldier over me. I'm not quite such a fool as that.

1976 Economist (Nexis) 24 Jan. 18 There is some suspicion that he is coming the old soldier with Mr Mellish.

2001 Independent on Sunday 6 May i. 21/7 His life story..has been endlessly recycled in articles and books over the years, so he is shamelessly playing the old soldier.

单词	to come the old soldier
释义	> as lemmas to come (also act, play, etc.) the old soldier (over a person) c. colloquial. to come (also act, play, etc.) the old soldier (over a person) [compare come v. Phrases 2b] : to use one's greater age or experience to deceive (a person) or to shirk a duty. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > cheat, swindle [phrase] > get the better of to do brown?1548 to give one the (or a) slampant1577 to play the merchant with1593 to come (or put) Yorkshire on one1700 to steal a march1716 to come (also act, play, etc.) the old soldier (over a person)1810 1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Soldier Old soldier,..a shrewd and intelligent person. It sometimes means an individual who will not scruple to take advantage of the credulity or inexperience of others. Hence to come the old soldier over you. 1820 C. Robertson Corr. Bk. (1939) 138 It was now my turn to play the old soldier a little. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. v. 112 I should think he was coming the old soldier over me, and keeping up his game. 1835 H. Lane Five Years in State's Prison 11 He..set me to breaking up rocks, but it was so heavy I could not swing it:..the keeper would come and give me five or six raps with his cudgel every half hour, says he, ‘I'll learn you how to act the old soldier.’ 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xvii. 331 But you needn't try to come the old soldier over me. I'm not quite such a fool as that. 1976 Economist (Nexis) 24 Jan. 18 There is some suspicion that he is coming the old soldier with Mr Mellish. 2001 Independent on Sunday 6 May i. 21/7 His life story..has been endlessly recycled in articles and books over the years, so he is shamelessly playing the old soldier. extracted from old soldiern. < as lemmas
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