单词 | to know all the answers |
释义 | > as lemmasto know (also have) all the answers P3. colloquial. to know (also have) all the answers: to be knowledgeable or expert in everything; to be worldly-wise or experienced; cf. similar phrases at know v. Phrases 3.Frequently used ironically. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > worldly wisdom > have worldly wisdom [phrase] to know what's whatc1422 to know (also learn, show, teach, tell) (a person) a thing or two1760 to know one's way around1814 to have one's head screwed on right (also the right way)1821 to have been around1872 to know (also have) all the answers1896 to know how many (blue) beans make five- 1896 W. C. Russell What Cheer! xix. 334 The Wreck Commissioner..does all the questioning, knows all the answers, finds all the faults, and it's him and him only who loads the pavements with starving captains by suspending their certificates. 1933 G. Laven Rough Stuff p. ix To know all the questions and answers, to know your way about. To be clever in things relating to crime and law-breaking. 1935 G. Lorimer & S. Lorimer Heart Specialist v. 128 ‘You may be one of these carefully reared dames,’ he said with a trace of doubt in his voice, ‘but you sure know all the answers.’ 1943 Rotarian June 54/1 A man who literally ‘has all the answers’ on the matter of legerdemain is Rotarian Carl W. Jones, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, magician and publisher of magic books. 1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. x. 408 The positive old lady in the garden, who knew all the answers and could not be told anything, had not ceased to be a marvellous politician. 1990 P. Magubane et al. Soweto Portrait of City vii. 125 All professional players are given nicknames according to some personal quirk or ability: ‘City Late’ is a player who, like the final newspaper edition of the day, has all the answers. 2003 D. Hewson Season for Dead (2004) 370 Seems to think he knows all the answers too. < as lemmas |
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