| 单词 | to polish one's marble |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto polish one's marble f. South African slang. to polish one's marble: to attempt to ingratiate oneself (with another). Cf. sense A. 11b. ΚΠ 1938 A. M. Brown Let. 15 Apr. in E. Partridge Dict. Slang (1961) II. 1179/1 A word I have heard used in the Cape [Province], mostly from people attending Rhodes University College, Grahamstown, is marble. Examples are: ‘His marble is high’—he is ‘well-in’ (with such-and-such a person).‘He is polishing his marble with so-and-so’ = he is trying to ingratiate himself. 1984 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 4: Middle East, Afr. & Lat. Amer. (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 14 Aug. ME/7721/B/1 The former is undoubtedly polishing his marble..in anticipation of being nominated as the next OAU Chairman. 2012 H. Hamann Days of Generals x. Pik has that craze to take the president to whichever country he can and I think at that stage he was polishing his marble. < as lemmas |
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