英语词汇“to see anything green in one's eye”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

to see anything green in one's eye

a. colloquial. to see anything green in one's eye and variants: to detect any signs of gullibility in a person. Cf. to see any green in one's eye at Phrases 5b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, dupe [phrase] > detect gullibility

to see anything green in one's eye1838

1838 Bentley's Misc. 4 177 ‘Do you see anything green in my eye?’ suddenly remarked Mr. Cumming. ‘Oh! la! what do you mean?’ responded Miss Julia.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 41/2 I'm not a tailor, but I understands about clothes, and I believe that no person ever saw anything green in my eye.

1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xxiv Do—you—see—anything—green—in this here eye?

1919 Overland Monthly Dec. 417/1 Bill went quite close to the man, pulled down an eye-lid, and asked: ‘Do you see anything green in my eye?’

extracted from greenadj.n.¹

as lemmas

单词	to see anything green in one's eye
释义	> as lemmas to see anything green in one's eye a. colloquial. to see anything green in one's eye and variants: to detect any signs of gullibility in a person. Cf. to see any green in one's eye at Phrases 5b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, dupe [phrase] > detect gullibility to see anything green in one's eye1838 1838 Bentley's Misc. 4 177 ‘Do you see anything green in my eye?’ suddenly remarked Mr. Cumming. ‘Oh! la! what do you mean?’ responded Miss Julia. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 41/2 I'm not a tailor, but I understands about clothes, and I believe that no person ever saw anything green in my eye. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xxiv Do—you—see—anything—green—in this here eye? 1919 Overland Monthly Dec. 417/1 Bill went quite close to the man, pulled down an eye-lid, and asked: ‘Do you see anything green in my eye?’ extracted from greenadj.n.¹ < as lemmas
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