单词 | to have a nerve |
释义 | > as lemmasto have a nerve b. colloquial. Audacity, impudence, cheek. Esp. in to have a nerve (also to have the nerve to). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > be or become impudent [verb (intransitive)] > be impudent enough to to have the face (to do something)?1562 to have the conscience1595 to have the cheek (to do something)1823 to have a nerve1887 1887 Lantern (New Orleans) 6 Aug. 3/3 Oh, this is a nerve, sure. 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 84/2 Nerve (Eton), impudence. a1901 B. E. Woolf Mighty Dollar in B. H. Clark Favorite Amer. Plays 19th Cent. (1943) 490 They come down here and parade about the legislative halls of the nation with more nerve than a duly elected member. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xx. 352 More money!.. You have got a nerve!—when factories are shutting down everywhere. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Apr. 4/2 No one had the nerve to claim this should be done, because it would have been laughed out of court immediately. 1930 V. Sackville-West Edwardians vi. 220 The cabby exclaimed that the young toff had a nerve and no mistake. 1955 ‘N. Shute’ Requiem for Wren (1956) 96 Making a survey I suppose. Photographing everything he can. He's got a bloody nerve. 1988 D. Lodge Nice Work iv. i. 133 I didn't think you'd have the nerve to show your face in this place again. < as lemmas |
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