| 单词 | to give the time of day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (wish, etc.) the time of day (to) (i) to give (wish, etc.) the time of day (to). extracted from timen.int.conj. (1) To greet (as by saying ‘good morning’, etc.). Now rare and somewhat archaic. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. i. 14 In the morne, When euery one will giue the time of day. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Saluër, to salute, greet,..giue the time of the day vnto. 1674 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. Northern Countries 92 Discerning we were strangers, [he] saluted us in Dutch, gave us the time of the day. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 300 It shall be always allow'd to give the Time of the Day, but no New-Years-Gifts. 1844 Literary Garland Mar. 116/1 He smiled, and lifting his hat from his head, gave her the time of day. 1906 S. Ford Shorty McCabe vii. 165 She had her lamps turned our way, and I hears Sadie give her the time of the day as sweet as you please. 1913 A. Huxley Let. 30 July (1969) 48 Dearest Father, Just to wish you the time of day and so forth. (2) colloquial. To be civil towards, acknowledge the presence of, help or cooperate with (a person). Chiefly in negative contexts. ΚΠ 1851 A. Spiers Dict. Général Français–Anglais (ed. 3) 105/1 Ne pas traiter q. u. [= quelqu'un] avec les [civilité]s ordinaires,..not to give a. o. [= any one] the time of the day. 1902 ‘M. E. Francis’ Manor Farm xxii. 347 And ye won't so much as give her the time o' day! 1964 Charleston (W. Virginia) Daily Mail 7 Jan. 6/2 Some hens are talkative; others are close-mouthed and wouldn't give you the time of day. 1979 A. Maling Koberg Link (1980) xxiii. 123 You've come to the wrong place. Paul Carmichael won't give me the time of day. 2005 B. Keating & S. Keating Blood Sisters (2006) ii. 31 The Britishers will never consider us as their own... They won't give us the time of day when Uhuru comes. < as lemmas |
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