英语词汇“to sing like a bird”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. Criminals' slang (now chiefly U.S.). = sing out (sense 5c). Also to sing like a bird, to sing like a canary. Originally in proverbial phrase †he that sings once, weeps all his life after and variants.

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society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)]

inform1588

peach1598

whistle1599

sing1612

whiddlec1661

squeak1690

wheedle1710

whittle1735

to blow the gab1785

snitch1801

rat1810

nose1811

sing1816

gnarl1819

split1819

stag1839

clype1843

squeal1846

blow1848

to round on1857

nark1859

pimp1865

squawk1872

ruck1884

to come or turn copper1891

copper1897

sneak1897

cough1901

stool1911

tattle-tale1918

snout1923

talk1924

fink1925

scream1925

sarbut1928

grass1929

to turn over1967

dime1970

society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [phrase]

he that sings once, weeps all his life after1612

1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. iii. viii. 193 Here it is quite contrary, quoth the slave, for He that sings once, weepes all his life after.

1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. lxxii. 197 He that Sings in Disaster, shall Weep all his Life-time After. 'Tis generally suppos'd, that this Proverb was born in a Jail. Sing..is, when one of the Gang Tattles, Confesses, and Accuses the Rest.

1929 G. L. Hostetter & T. Q. Beesley It's a Racket! 238 Sing, to confess.1937 [implied in: Sat. Evening Post 18 Dec. 85/1 One actually preferred a three-year penitentiary term to singing. (at singing n. 1c)].1946 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Dec. 1/3 A former army colonel ‘sang’ about the operation of military government there.1950 R. Himmel I'll find You (1958) xvii. 117 She's singing like a canary. She turned up at headquarters..and said she had some information on a killing.1964 L. Nkosi Rhythm of Violence 65 Who knows, maybe he's even goin' to sing to the police!1981 P. Niesewand Word of Gentleman xix. 126 You don't think they'd sing like canaries?.. They'll sing, Claud... If they thought it would help them, they'd tell on their mothers.2001 E. Colfer Artemis Fowl v. 121 That's where we administered the sodium pentathol. Commonly known as truth serum. You sang like a bird.

单词	to sing like a bird
释义	> as lemmas to sing like a bird d. Criminals' slang (now chiefly U.S.). = sing out (sense 5c). Also to sing like a bird, to sing like a canary. Originally in proverbial phrase †he that sings once, weeps all his life after and variants. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)] inform1588 peach1598 whistle1599 sing1612 whiddlec1661 squeak1690 wheedle1710 whittle1735 to blow the gab1785 snitch1801 rat1810 nose1811 sing1816 gnarl1819 split1819 stag1839 clype1843 squeal1846 blow1848 to round on1857 nark1859 pimp1865 squawk1872 ruck1884 to come or turn copper1891 copper1897 sneak1897 cough1901 stool1911 tattle-tale1918 snout1923 talk1924 fink1925 scream1925 sarbut1928 grass1929 to turn over1967 dime1970 society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [phrase] he that sings once, weeps all his life after1612 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. iii. viii. 193 Here it is quite contrary, quoth the slave, for He that sings once, weepes all his life after. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. lxxii. 197 He that Sings in Disaster, shall Weep all his Life-time After. 'Tis generally suppos'd, that this Proverb was born in a Jail. Sing..is, when one of the Gang Tattles, Confesses, and Accuses the Rest. 1929 G. L. Hostetter & T. Q. Beesley It's a Racket! 238 Sing, to confess.1937 [implied in: Sat. Evening Post 18 Dec. 85/1 One actually preferred a three-year penitentiary term to singing. (at singing n. 1c)].1946 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Dec. 1/3 A former army colonel ‘sang’ about the operation of military government there.1950 R. Himmel I'll find You (1958) xvii. 117 She's singing like a canary. She turned up at headquarters..and said she had some information on a killing.1964 L. Nkosi Rhythm of Violence 65 Who knows, maybe he's even goin' to sing to the police!1981 P. Niesewand Word of Gentleman xix. 126 You don't think they'd sing like canaries?.. They'll sing, Claud... If they thought it would help them, they'd tell on their mothers.2001 E. Colfer Artemis Fowl v. 121 That's where we administered the sodium pentathol. Commonly known as truth serum. You sang like a bird. extracted from singv.¹ < as lemmas
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