| 单词 | to know which way is up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto know which way is up (b) to know which way is up and variants: to be shrewd or have common sense. Frequently in negative contexts indicating that a person is in a state of bewilderment or confusion. ΚΠ 1918 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 20 Apr. 5/3 Some of the guys they got in here..don't know whether they are going or coming. Hardly know which way is up. 1940 Washington Post 2 Jan. 8/3 Comrade Runyon..has no respect for the youngsters of our town, in the way of dress. He is of the opinion that in this, as in other fields, the babes from the Stork Clubbe do not know which way is up. 1961 A. B. Chandler Rim of Space i. 13 ‘They were very vague in the office when I joined the Company.’ ‘They always are,’ the Mate told him. ‘They're never quite sure which way is up.’ 1978 Skanner 2 Feb. 8 Both Redd and Richard know ‘which way is up’ and it has nothing to do with comments and conversations coming from the other brothers of the Hollywood clan, who can't get to their own grits. 2010 P. Murray Skippy Dies 196 In Italy, I prefer to date the girls who are in college—those who are nineteen, twenty, and have a good knowledge of sexual techniques. These girls, who are repressed and frigid, do not know which way is up. < as lemmas |
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