| 单词 | what do you say to |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat do (also would) you say to a. what do (also would) you say to: ‘would you like?’, ‘do you fancy?’ (typically as a polite offer of a specified item of food or drink). In early use in what say you to (now rare), †how say you to.In quot. 1893 with humorous inversion of subject and prepositional object. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iv. 28 But what say you to Thursday. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 20 How say you to a fat Tripe finely broyl'd? View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca ii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Gggg3v/1 What say you to a leg of Beef now, sirha? 1693 T. Southerne Maids Last Prayer iii. 34 What say you to a Pooile at Comet, At my House? 1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. viii. x. 203 What say you to..a Tiff of Punch, by Way of Whet? 1832 Eton Coll. Mag. 22 Oct. 188 What say you, Mr. Editor, to an Eton Newspaper, to contain all intelligence that could be necessary to Etonians? 1851 S. Warner Wide Wide World I. xxi. 272 ‘What would you say to a cup of chicken broth?’ ‘O should like it very much!’ said Ellen with new energy. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxiii. 77 What do you say to a game of backgammon? 1893 E. Saltus Madam Sapphira iv. 57 ‘What would a Scotch and soda say to you?’ ‘That I am vile and vicious I suppose. No thanks. I think I will be getting home.’ 1929 Melody Maker Jan. 20/2 What do you say to a beaker of ‘the boy’? 1930 A. Ransome Swallows & Amazons ix. 96 ‘What would you say to a bit of toffee?’ said Mrs Dixon. 1948 M. Laski Tory Heaven vi. 84 I'm getting a bit peckish... What do you say to us going out and looking for a bite? 1997 R. Bennett Catastrophist (1999) 210 ‘What would you say to a drink?’ he asks. 2011 O. Wilde Dawn of Silva vii. 49 What do you say to going fishing? < as lemmas |
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