| 单词 | to come the rothschild |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come the Rothschild An extremely wealthy person; a millionaire. Occasionally attributive. Also to come the Rothschild (colloquial): to pretend to be rich (see come v. Phrases 2b(b)). Cf. later Mouton-Rothschild n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > fabulously rich person Crœsus1390 Rothschild1824 rich-rich1841 Vanderbilt1883 Rockefeller1893 Vanderbilter1975 bazillionaire1987 the mind > possession > wealth > be rich [verb (intransitive)] > be very rich > pretend to to come the Rothschild1891 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [phrase] > specific wealth to come the Rothschild1891 1824 B. Mounteney Hist. Inq. Napoleon 528 Does not every shop-boy aspire to become a Waithman?—every Waithman a Rothschild?—every Rothschild a lord? 1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. v, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 670/2 All miracles have been out-miracled for there are Rothschilds and English National Debts. 1883 H. James En Province in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 307/1 Jacques Coeur..was a Vanderbilt or Rothschild of the fifteenth century. 1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 163/1 To come the Rothschild, to pretend to be rich. 1910 W. J. Locke Simon the Jester xvi. 221 I had wealth—not a Rothschild or Vanderbilt fortune but enough to assure me ease and luxury. 1974 J. Gardner Return of Moriarty 57 A relatively young whore, Mary Jane Kelly, who sometimes came the Rothschild about her past, calling herself Marie Jeannette Kelly. < as lemmas |
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