| 单词 | to have jam on it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have (or like, want) jam on it b. transferred and figurative. Something good or sweet, esp. with allusion to the use of sweets to hide the disagreeable taste of medicine, or the like; real jam, jam and fritters (slang), a real treat. Colloquial phrases: to have (or like, want) jam on it: to have, etc., something exceedingly pleasant or easy; jam tomorrow: something pleasant promised or expected for the future, esp. something that one never receives; money for jam: see money for jam (also for old rope, etc.) at money n. Phrases 2a(n). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > source of pleasure honeycombOE sweetness?c1225 dainty1340 sweet1377 delicec1390 lust1390 pleasancec1390 pleasingc1390 well-queema1400 well-queemnessa1400 douceurc1400 delectation?a1425 pleasure1443 pleaserc1447 delectabilitiesa1500 deliciositiesa1500 honeydew1559 delicacy1586 fancy1590 sugar candy1591 regalo1622 happiness1637 deliciousness1651 complacence1667 regalea1677 sweetener1741 bon-bon1856 Bones1869 jam1871 true love1893 nuts1910 barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915 G-spot1983 the mind > emotion > pleasure > action of making pleasant > [noun] > that which makes pleasant sweetener?1614 jam1871 sugar-coating1908 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > [noun] > unrealized jam tomorrow1871 the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > source of pleasure > a treat treat1805 nicey?1870 jam1871 a fair treat1884 pie1884 the world > action or operation > easiness > do or accomplish something easily [verb (intransitive)] > have or want something easy to have (or like, want) jam on it1919 the mind > emotion > pleasure > [phrase] > (have) something pleasant to have (or like, want) jam on it1919 1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass v. 94 The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday—but never jam to-day. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 268 Real jam, a sporting phrase, meaning anything exceptionally good. 1882 ‘F. Anstey’ Vice Versâ xiv Ah!.. I thought you wouldn't find it all jam! 1885 Punch 3 Jan. 4/1 Without Real Jam—cash and kisses—this world is a bitterish pill. 1896 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Jan. 4/1 Its [a sermon's] repetition in the guise of a play could only be justified if the jam were nice enough to make us forget the powder. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 295 Exposing yourself as a pot shot to ambushed natives would be jam and fritters to Mr. MacTaggart. 1919 Athenæum 8 Aug. 727/2 ‘Having jam on it’ (i.e., something nice and easy, a ‘cushy’ job). 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 130 ‘You want jam on it’, i.e., You expect too much. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid 23 You want jam on it, you do. 1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer ii. iii. 201 The entire capital outlay had already been amortized, so that everything from now on would be pure jam. 1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 99 The ironical suggestion made to a sailor already ‘moaning’ about his job—‘Do you want jam on it?’ 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids xii. 225 Just put the Americans into the jam-tomorrow-pie-in-the-sky department awhile. 1962 Listener 29 Nov. 925/1 Dr Leavis sees C. P. Snow as a gross materialist concerned only with jam tomorrow. 1970 Times 21 Feb. 6/8 Freedman says he can break even during the 10 weeks, with the jam to follow in the summer. 1972 Daily Tel. 30 Mar. 22/6 Ultramar has ever been the ‘jam tomorrow’ stock par excellence, with not a penny paid out in dividends. Instead, shareholders get scrip issues. 1973 G. Mitchell Murder of Busy Lizzie i. 14 ‘I think Greece might be a very good idea—later on.’ ‘Never jam today!’ muttered Margaret. 1974 O. Manning Rain Forest i. vi. 87 Hugh..was free to leave at six... Pedley..said: ‘You've got jam on it: walking home in the sunset.’ < as lemmas |
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