| 单词 | to get it up one's nose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get it up one's nose (a) to get it up one's nose (chiefly in P. G. Wodehouse): to become affected by something; esp. to become angry or infatuated. ΚΠ 1900 G. Ade More Fables 167 The quiet School Trustee kind of a Man..is the worst Indian in the World when he does find himself among the Tall Houses and gets it Up his Nose. 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves iii. 67 This lad seems to have chucked all the principles of a well-spent boyhood. He has got it up his nose! 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves xvii. 220 So thoroughly had Gussie got it up his nose by now that it seemed to me that had he sighted me he might have become personal. 1973 P. G. Wodehouse Bachelors Anonymous viii. 92 ‘See what I mean?.. Got it right up his nose,’ said Mr. Llewellyn. ‘I have seldom seen a case where the symptoms were more clearly marked,’ said Mr. Trout. ‘He is taking her to dinner.’ < as lemmas |
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