| 单词 | to give the glad hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (someone) the glad hand e. glad hand (frequently used somewhat ironically): (the) hand of welcome; a cordial handshake or greeting; a welcome; esp. in to give (someone) the glad hand; also attributive; hence glad-hand v. transitive to greet cordially, to welcome, to please; also intransitive. glad-handed adj. glad-hander n. one who gives people the glad hand; one who acts cordially towards everybody. glad-handing n. and adj. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > welcome welcomec1000 faina1300 to make joyc1300 to bid welcomea1400 to bid, wish (a person) welcome (home)a1400 gratulate?1567 bewelcome1582 greet1608 to give (someone) the glad hand1895 glad-hand1895 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > gesture > handshake handygriping1577 wring1605 handshaking1647 shruga1653 hand-griping1700 shake1712 shake-hands1800 handshake1802 handgrip1837 pump-handler1844 glad hand1895 1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Dec. 116 Give the glad hand, to welcome. 1896 G. Ade Artie i. 4 She meets me at the door, puts out the glad hand and says: ‘Hang up your lid and come into the game.’ 1903 G. Ade People you Know 175 Every time he started down town he would have to zigzag so as to cover both sides of the street and glad-hand all his Acquaintances. 1908 J. M. Sullivan Criminal Slang 11 Glad hand, handshake without any real friendship behind it. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed ii. 14 Mr. Bylash didn't go out to give her the glad hand, and welcome her into our humble coturee. 1929 C. E. Merriam Chicago 275 One type is the good fellow,..the glad hander, whose chief reliance is the cultivation of the personal friendship of individuals and the acquaintance with all sorts of groups and societies. 1930 Time & Tide 11 Oct. 1256 He makes a habit of cutting out glad-hand phrases and smooth generalities. 1939 A. A. Michie & F. Ryhlick Dixie Demagogues x. 207 Happy was stumping the hinterlands, glad-handing, back-slapping, and singing. 1945 W. H. Auden Sea & Mirror ii. 55 Such are the alternative routes, the facile glad-handed highway or the virtuous averted track. 1957 M. Gair Sapphires on Wednesday ix. 114 He was probably quite a kindly old geezer..but a professional glad-hander. 1958 Economist 8 Nov. 492/2 General de Gaulle has stood aloof from the backslapping and glad handing. 1959 New Statesman 17 Jan. 62/2 Crude economic reasons do not explain why Mikoyan should have been given the glad hand. 1960 Guardian 8 Dec. 9/7 The glad-handing undertaker loves his job because ‘it makes you feel closer to people’. < as lemmas |
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