单词 | brickbats and bouquets |
释义 | > as lemmasbrickbats and bouquets brickbats and bouquets and variants: criticism and praise. Cf. sense 1b and bouquet n. 1b.In early quots. the phrase is perhaps intended literally. ΚΠ 1878 Fayetteville (Arkansas) Democrat 4 May 3/3 Several young ladies at the lecture..were undecided, whether they would shower bouquets or brickbats on the handsome bachelor lecturer. 1885 Stark County (Indiana) Ledger 24 Dec. With such unfragrant feathers in his cap, Logan is liable to have more brickbats than bouquets flung at him by Republican hands in his Presidential campaign. 1898 San Antonio (Texas) Sunday Light 16 Jan. (headline) Brickbats, bouquets, etc. 1955 Times 4 May 9/6 The union would inevitably receive their share of the brickbats and bouquets. 1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. 5/1 An intelligent, humorous man, he nonetheless received brickbats as well as bouquets during his time with the council. 2002 Irish News (Nexis) 4 July 19 His vociferating on the euro and other salient issues concerning the Northern Ireland economy..won him bouquets and brickbats in equal measure. < as lemmas |
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