| 单词 | to go back to the world |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go (also get, etc.) back to the world P37. U.S. Military slang. back to the world: back to the United States after active service overseas. Frequently in to go (also get, etc.) back to the world. ΚΠ 1965 R. Marks Let. 9 Aug. in Lett. (1967) 115 A couple of my pals here decided that when we get back to the world we are going to..throw a real wild party. 1968 Xenia (Ohio) Daily Gaz. 19 Feb. 11/1 The 150 servicemen ending their Vietnam duty and waiting for the 8:05 a.m. airline flight for the ‘trip back to the world’. 1971 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 6 5 Get back to the world,..to be discharged and sent home. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 28 Apr. (Weekender Mag.) 3/1 He was due to rotate back to ‘the world’, as it was known, in only a few weeks. 1993 R. Shilts Conduct Unbecoming ii. xvi. 158 All during their tours of duty, GIs talked about going ‘back to the world’, the expression for returning to the States. 2008 USA Today (Nexis) 2 Apr. 11 a When I came ‘back to the world’ in 1969, I jumped at loud noises and had some unaccountable bouts of bad temper. < as lemmas |
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