| 单词 | to say it with flowers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto say it with flowers (also diamonds, chocolates, etc.) (a) to say it with flowers (also diamonds, chocolates, etc.): to express one's affection, gratitude, etc., to a person by buying flowers or another specified gift. Also occasionally figurative: to express one's feelings in a pleasant manner. Frequently in imperative.Originally in Say It With Flowers, an advertising slogan of the Society of American Florists; the slogan was apparently coined by Major Patrick P. O'Keefe, head of the O'Keefe Advertising Agency. ΚΠ 1918 Florists' Rev. 3 Jan. 12/2 The slogan will be ‘Say It With Flowers’, and every florist who deals with the public should make that phrase a conspicuous feature of his advertising from the day the first S.A.F. page appears. 1921 I. Berlin (title of song) Say it with music. 1928 C. Sandburg Good Morning, Amer. 17 Behold the proverbs of a people, a nation... Say it with flowers. Let one hand wash the other. The customer is always right. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water vi. 114 Here's this Gedge bird shoutin' about the plumbing of this Chatty-o and not saying it with flowers, neither. 1934 Washington Post 27 Sept. 18/7 St. Louis baseball fans are going to say it with diamonds to Paul and Dizzy Dean. 2006 C. Morton How to walk in High Heels 86 Say it with diamonds, say it with flowers, say it with cake, say it with gift-wrap, but say it with meaning. 2014 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 29 Mar. 13 It's a day to say it with chocolates! Just for Mum collection. £15. < as lemmas |
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