| 单词 | to sing like a canary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sing (also chirp, etc.) like a canary P2. Originally U.S. to sing (also chirp, etc.) like a canary: to turn informer; (also) to confess. Cf. sense 9 and sing v.1 4d. ΚΠ 1920 F. P. Adams in N.Y. Tribune 21 Sept. 10/5 Our heraldry expert..has designed this coat of arms for the Prohibitionist party:..Motto: ‘We sing like a canary.’ 1931 W. N. Burns One-Way Ride 46 A stool pigeon's been squawking. That bird's been singing like a canary lately. 1973 V. Teresa & T. C. Renner My Life in Mafia vi. 67 The cops had been trying to nail me for years, but couldn't until he chirped like a canary. 2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 19 Sept. i. 16/2 The federal prosecutors' careful protection of the employee's identity telegraphed one message to the many lawyers in county government: He or she must be singing like a canary. < as lemmas |
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