英语词汇“to smell the roses”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Originally U.S. colloquial. to smell the roses (also flowers): to appreciate or fully enjoy life's pleasures, esp. those things which are transitory or regarded as inessential; frequently in to stop and smell the roses (also flowers).

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1930 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 8 June 25/1 Mr. Axton Clark's review..was so generally fair, when it was not flattering, that I am disinclined to fend off his few brickbats. Such treatment makes an author almost as willing to smile at the bricks as to smell the roses.

1957 Washington Post 9 Jan. c1/1 Don't worry, don't hurry. You're only on this earth for a visit so stop and smell the flowers.

1977 N.Y. Times 16 Jan. v. 3/3 Miss Alcott says she is ‘really goal-oriented right now’, and that her mother and sister tell her ‘calm down and don't forget to stop and smell the roses as you go by’.

1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer 49 Some of our best boys are getting up there—hell, they want to get out and smell the roses one more time before they croak.

2002 Black Belt Jan. 72 Enjoy everything... Smell the roses in your mind.

单词	to smell the roses
释义	> as lemmas to smell the roses (also flowers) Originally U.S. colloquial. to smell the roses (also flowers): to appreciate or fully enjoy life's pleasures, esp. those things which are transitory or regarded as inessential; frequently in to stop and smell the roses (also flowers). ΚΠ 1930 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 8 June 25/1 Mr. Axton Clark's review..was so generally fair, when it was not flattering, that I am disinclined to fend off his few brickbats. Such treatment makes an author almost as willing to smile at the bricks as to smell the roses. 1957 Washington Post 9 Jan. c1/1 Don't worry, don't hurry. You're only on this earth for a visit so stop and smell the flowers. 1977 N.Y. Times 16 Jan. v. 3/3 Miss Alcott says she is ‘really goal-oriented right now’, and that her mother and sister tell her ‘calm down and don't forget to stop and smell the roses as you go by’. 1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer 49 Some of our best boys are getting up there—hell, they want to get out and smell the roses one more time before they croak. 2002 Black Belt Jan. 72 Enjoy everything... Smell the roses in your mind. extracted from smellv. < as lemmas
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