单词 | trust you |
释义 | > as lemmastrust you (also him, them, etc.) (to——, also for——) P2. trust you (also him, them, etc.) (to——, also for——): it is characteristic or predictable for someone to act in the specified manner. Frequently in negative contexts. ΚΠ 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee x. in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 167 Oh trust him for that, he won't go security nor pay a farthing for his shister, nor wouldn't was she his father. 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 67 If a woman is in danger from the rain, whose umbrella..is at her service? The Frenchman's? Trust him! 1905 ‘N.Y. Detective’ in Secret Service 20 Jan. 14/2 Trust them to do the stupid act. I sized them up as a pair of chumps at the start. 1926 Boys' Life July 41/1 Good old Giggles! Trust him to bolster up everyone's nerve by making light of their situation. Trust him to get fun out of any happening. 1952 A. Wilson Hemlock & After (1957) 92 ‘It just left a beastly taste of spite and malice.’ ‘Yes,’ said Bernard; ‘trust Sherman for that.’ 1990 S. Johnson Flying Lessons xvi. 127 ‘Trust you, Perl’, Beth said with a laugh,..‘you can always rely on a nurse to tell a good horror tale’. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home xxx. 324 And that pond, God, trust him to make a complete mess of it. < as lemmas |
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