单词 | to know the angles |
释义 | > as lemmasto know (all) the angles e. colloquial. to know (all) the angles: to have a comprehensive knowledge of something; to understand the subtleties. ΚΠ 1902 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 11 Oct. 4/4 The pool expert plays fair angles and knows all the angles that are required for good billiards, but he can't execute them as the billiardist can. 1807 E. White Pract. Treat. Billiards ii. 29 Nothing is so essentially requisite to constitute a good player, as a perfect knowledge of the angles of the table.] 1906 San Antonio (Texas) Gaz. 12 May (Mag.) 5/3 The team works well together; it knows the angles of the game [sc. baseball]. 1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral v. 116 The old stagers..the men who knew all the angles, who had great experience. 1977 J. Langone Life at Bottom xix. 200 She was a hot shit, I'll tell you, about forty and she knew all the angles. 2006 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 29 Nov. a13 We pride ourselves on our travel savvy. We figure we know all the angles. < as lemmas |
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