| 单词 | to talk sense into |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto talk (some) sense into (a person) (g) to talk (some) sense into (a person) and variants: to persuade (a person, organization, etc.) to act sensibly or do the right thing. ΚΠ 1859 Corydon (Indiana) Weekly Democrat 22 Nov. 6/7 Except for their human figures.., it might be thought that ninety-one Democrats..were attempting to talk sense into one hundred and twelve parrots, who had learned only this one cry: ‘Vote, vote!’ 1876 M. A. Fleming Kate Danton ix. 165 I have been trying to talk a little sense into her foolish head these two hours. 1927 Amer. Legion Monthly Oct. 20/2 I tried to talk some sense into his head. 1989 B. Roche Handful of Stars in Wexford Trilogy (1992) 53 Did yeh hear Stapler? He's goin' to talk a bit of sense into Jimmy Brady. 2008 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 7 May 14 Is there somebody out there who can talk sense into this government and save us from this massive social upheaval? < as lemmas |
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