| 单词 | to know where a person is coming from |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto know (also see, understand, etc.) where a person is coming from e. to know (also see, understand, etc.) where a person is coming from: to understand a person's motivation, point of view, or approach; to know what a person means. ΚΠ 1969 N.Y. Amsterdam News 1 Feb. 25 Before anyone criticizes what she wrote, they should read the introduction three or four times as I did in order to understand where she is coming from. 1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) iv. 19/1 ‘Listen,’ he said sincerely, ‘I know exactly where you're coming from.’ 1985 M. Atwood Handmaid's Tale (1988) ii. ii. 14 I hear where you're coming from. 1992 G. Vanderhaeghe Things as they Are? 159 I see where you're coming from. One bad apple can spoil the barrel. Right? 2014 T. McCulloch Stillman 255 ‘You know Pete's hardly spoken to her for days?’ ‘I know where he's coming from though.’ ‘How's that?’ ‘Before our wedding. I had second thoughts too.’ < as lemmas |
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