英语词汇“we told you so”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. (I) told you so: an utterance of the phrase ‘I told you so’, or an observation equivalent to this; a person given to making such observations; also used attributively to designate a look, manner, etc., with the same meaning or implication as the spoken phrase. Similarly we told you so, etc.

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1823 Niles' Weekly Reg. 30 Aug. 406/2 It is a ‘prophecy after the fact’,..the ‘I told you so’ of the old lady, when one of her children called out ‘mother, mother, the hogs are eating the grindstone!’

1830 A. M. Morgan & H. M. Jones Horatio in Search of Wife iv. 57 Granby raised his eyes to those of Horatio, with an ‘I told you so’ look.

1890 Puck (N.Y.) 24 Dec. 302/2 What can we say..that does not convey, in the light of what we have said aforetime, a strong suggestion of ‘told-you-so’?

1898 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Mar. 2/2 The journal..assumes its most poker-backed ‘we-told-you-so’ attitude.

1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz iii. 49 I really did debate whether I hadn't better give up and let the I-told-you-so's, who said jazz would bring me to no good end, have it their own way.

1954 W. Faulkner Fable (1955) 43 His I-told-you-so to the elders.

1962 New Statesman 25 May 768/3 Failure was doubtless foreseen by professional told-you-sos.

1986 ARTnews Nov. 50/1 Self's return to the ICA was a long, loud told-you-so. He proved he can be as nimble as anyone and beholden to none.

1996 R. Drewe Drowner (1998) 56 Angelica tiptoes through this disorder with a queenly, I-told-you-so angle to her eyebrows.

2010 New Yorker 8 Nov. 14/1 Now that he's a success..his many old friends, including me, can share a sweet, told-you-so satisfaction.

单词	we told you so
释义	> as lemmas we told you so c. (I) told you so: an utterance of the phrase ‘I told you so’, or an observation equivalent to this; a person given to making such observations; also used attributively to designate a look, manner, etc., with the same meaning or implication as the spoken phrase. Similarly we told you so, etc. ΚΠ 1823 Niles' Weekly Reg. 30 Aug. 406/2 It is a ‘prophecy after the fact’,..the ‘I told you so’ of the old lady, when one of her children called out ‘mother, mother, the hogs are eating the grindstone!’ 1830 A. M. Morgan & H. M. Jones Horatio in Search of Wife iv. 57 Granby raised his eyes to those of Horatio, with an ‘I told you so’ look. 1890 Puck (N.Y.) 24 Dec. 302/2 What can we say..that does not convey, in the light of what we have said aforetime, a strong suggestion of ‘told-you-so’? 1898 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Mar. 2/2 The journal..assumes its most poker-backed ‘we-told-you-so’ attitude. 1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz iii. 49 I really did debate whether I hadn't better give up and let the I-told-you-so's, who said jazz would bring me to no good end, have it their own way. 1954 W. Faulkner Fable (1955) 43 His I-told-you-so to the elders. 1962 New Statesman 25 May 768/3 Failure was doubtless foreseen by professional told-you-sos. 1986 ARTnews Nov. 50/1 Self's return to the ICA was a long, loud told-you-so. He proved he can be as nimble as anyone and beholden to none. 1996 R. Drewe Drowner (1998) 56 Angelica tiptoes through this disorder with a queenly, I-told-you-so angle to her eyebrows. 2010 New Yorker 8 Nov. 14/1 Now that he's a success..his many old friends, including me, can share a sweet, told-you-so satisfaction. extracted from tellv. < as lemmas
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