| 单词 | to know a good thing when one sees it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto know a good thing when one sees it P2. to know a good thing when one sees it and variants: to be able to recognize a situation, person, object, etc., as being desirable or worthy of appreciation. ΚΠ 1770 Weekly Mag. 8 Nov. 162 Great things ought to be ushered in with a becoming dignity, and not come slap-dash upon people who don't know a good thing when they see it. 1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil iv. 75/1 I am delighted to see that our great comedian, Harry Placide, is up to the lips in success... God bless those southern people—they know a good thing when they see it! 1885 Detroit Free Press 10 Aug. 2/4 The judge knows wheat from chaff, is capable of recognizing a good thing when he sees it. 1910 Homoeopathic Recorder 15 Dec. p. xi Thirty-three copies were taken by the men connected with one bright college where they know a good thing when it is presented. 1955 A. Murray Let. 2 Nov. in R. Ellison & A. Murray Trading Twelves (2000) 102 I saw hog maws and chitterlin's in the Marche Centrale. Man, these Frenchmen know a good thing when they find it. 2011 Daily Gleaner (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 4 Nov. b4 When the Diamondbacks made their offer a few days later, McDonald knew a good thing when he saw it. < as lemmas |
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