英语词汇“to look both ways for sunday”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) to look two (also both, seven, etc.) ways for Sunday: to have a squint. Cf. to look nine ways at way n.¹ and int.¹ Phrases 7c(a).

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1777 W. Tooke tr. Lett. in tr. E. M. Falconet & D. Diderot Pieces on Sculpt. 62 This manner of looking has existed no where, that I know of, but in the proverb, He looks two ways for Sunday [Fr. il regarde du côté de la Bourgogne pour voir si la Champagne brûle]; or in this, He has one eye at St. Paul's and the other at Charing-cross.

1811 Lexicon Balatronicum at Squint-a-pipes A squinting man or woman; said to be born in the middle of the week, and looking both ways for Sunday.

1833 J. Galt Stories of Study II. 194 Ye want to ken mine [sc. name]?—but ye'll look two ways for Sunday before I'm explicit.

1869 A. Macdonald Love, Law & Theol. xxi. 451 He has..a bad squint, so that..he seemed to be looking two ways for Sunday.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 210/1 Look seven ways for Sunday, squint.

(b) chiefly North American to look nine (also six, etc.) ways for Sunday: to look in all directions. Also to look both ways for Sunday.

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1824 Amer. Monthly Mag. (Philadelphia) Mar. 260 The careless good for nothing feller, he's always looking about six ways for Sunday, when he's walking.

1892 ‘Q’ I saw Three Ships vii. 124 Far as I could see you've done naught but fidget like an angletwitch and look fifty ways for Sunday.

1909 Circle Nov. 234/3 Get at it and stop looking nine ways for Sunday.

1991 J. Still Wolfpen Notebks. 107 When you cross it to the mailbox, if you don't want yourself ironed out, you'd better look both ways for Sunday.

单词	to look both ways for sunday
释义	> as lemmas to look two (also both, seven, etc.) ways for Sunday (a) to look two (also both, seven, etc.) ways for Sunday: to have a squint. Cf. to look nine ways at way n.¹ and int.¹ Phrases 7c(a). ΚΠ 1777 W. Tooke tr. Lett. in tr. E. M. Falconet & D. Diderot Pieces on Sculpt. 62 This manner of looking has existed no where, that I know of, but in the proverb, He looks two ways for Sunday [Fr. il regarde du côté de la Bourgogne pour voir si la Champagne brûle]; or in this, He has one eye at St. Paul's and the other at Charing-cross. 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum at Squint-a-pipes A squinting man or woman; said to be born in the middle of the week, and looking both ways for Sunday. 1833 J. Galt Stories of Study II. 194 Ye want to ken mine [sc. name]?—but ye'll look two ways for Sunday before I'm explicit. 1869 A. Macdonald Love, Law & Theol. xxi. 451 He has..a bad squint, so that..he seemed to be looking two ways for Sunday. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 210/1 Look seven ways for Sunday, squint. extracted from Sundayn.adv. to look both ways for Sunday (b) chiefly North American to look nine (also six, etc.) ways for Sunday: to look in all directions. Also to look both ways for Sunday. ΚΠ 1824 Amer. Monthly Mag. (Philadelphia) Mar. 260 The careless good for nothing feller, he's always looking about six ways for Sunday, when he's walking. 1892 ‘Q’ I saw Three Ships vii. 124 Far as I could see you've done naught but fidget like an angletwitch and look fifty ways for Sunday. 1909 Circle Nov. 234/3 Get at it and stop looking nine ways for Sunday. 1991 J. Still Wolfpen Notebks. 107 When you cross it to the mailbox, if you don't want yourself ironed out, you'd better look both ways for Sunday. extracted from Sundayn.adv. < as lemmas
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