| 单词 | to know it all |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto know it all P34. to think one knows it all: to have an inflated idea of one's knowledge, wisdom, expertise, etc.; to be oblivious to one's deficiencies. Also simply to know it all. Cf. know-it-all n. ΚΠ 1857 Harper's Mag. Nov. 845/1 You, who had read the novels and thought you knew it all, learned..that no pictures are like the reality. 1892 C. Sotheran Horace Greeley iii. 118 Some of the capitalistic idlers, who know it all, and smack their lips over ‘Chateau-Margaux’, believing it to be the best and purest French vintage; whereas [etc.]. 1912 Science 20 Dec. 842/2 The manager of the college thinks he knows it all, and therefore has no need of advice. 1972 G. Durrell Catch me Colobus vi. 111 As I had warned Long John, there comes a time on every collecting trip when you begin to think that you know it all. This is a moment of great danger, for you never know it all, however hard you try. 1973 Black World Sept. 97/1 To my once respected student who has taken over the pompous entitlement as chief white critic of inferior Black literature, let me say..: ‘Stop knowing it all.’ 1997 Canberra Times (Nexis) 30 Nov. a21 There was one professor who thought he knew it all—he was about as useful as a chocolate teapot. < as lemmas |
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