| 单词 | what's the big idea? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat's the big (also great) idea? P6. colloquial (originally U.S.). big (also great) idea: a purpose, intention. Frequently in ironic phrase what's the big (also great) idea? ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object willeOE errand?c1225 purposec1300 endc1305 emprisec1330 intentc1340 use1340 conclusionc1374 studya1382 pointc1385 causec1386 gamea1393 term?c1400 businessc1405 finec1405 intentionc1410 object?a1425 obtent?a1475 drift1526 intend1526 respect1528 flight1530 finality?1541 stop1551 scope1559 butt?1571 bent1579 aiming point1587 pursuitc1592 aim1595 devotion1597 meaning1605 maina1610 attempt1610 design1615 purport1616 terminusa1617 intendment1635 pretence1649 ettle1790 big (also great) idea1846 objective1878 objective1882 the name of the game1910 the object of the exercise1958 thrust1968 1846 Independent Amer. & Gen. Advertiser (Platteville, Wisconsin Territory) 16 Jan. I've a big idea to gin you an account of some fun I had with an old bar, on the Missouri. 1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock vii. 151 That's not the Big Idea, I know; it's the idiotic one, but the market for idiocy is unlimited. 1917 Black Cat June 7/1 ‘What's the great idea?’ insisted Peel. ‘You can't get rid of the stuff there!’ 1928 Sat. Evening Post (N.Y.) 12 May 22/1 ‘Listen, big boy,’ he protested,..‘what's the big idea in this potato contest?’ 1941 Weimar (Texas) Mercury 26 Dec. ‘What's the great idea?’ he snapped. ‘What do you think you are doing?’ 1962 P. Gregory Like Tigress at Bay vii. 76 Jill entered, her face pale. ‘What was the big idea?’ 2006 E. Giffin Baby Proof (2007) xiv. 158 ‘What's the big idea?’ I say, knowing exactly what his big idea is. < as lemmas |
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