| 单词 | to play in peoria |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play in Peoria allusively. Any place (in the United States) inhabited by people with plain, down-to-earth, conventional tastes and attitudes. Esp. in to play in Peoria and variants: (usually in negative or interrogative contexts) to appeal to the average American; (loosely) to be viable. Cf. Peorian n. 1. ΚΠ 1924 These Eventful Years II. 407 Playgoers in Peoria could not hope to see as good a performance of a play as was to be seen in Broadway. 1935 Men's Wear 20 Mar. 48/2 Mr Leary..could tell a story about every piece of cloth in the shop and how a suit cut from it helped the wearer to ‘lay 'em in the aisles’ in Peoria. 1975 C. A. Tripp Homosexual Matrix i. 2 There are indications aplenty that sharp relaxations in the mores..do not really ‘play in Peoria’. 1989 N.Y. Times 1 Oct. h5/1 No one dreamed of scouting out jarring forums of New York downtown theater for material that could play in Peoria. 2002 N.Y. Times 7 Apr. iv. 16/1 But can a car smaller than a Volkswagen Beetle play in Peoria? < as lemmas |
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