英语词汇“yes, sir, no, sir, three bags full”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. yes, sir, no, sir, three bags full and variants: used to imply servile compliance with the demands of another, esp. a superior. With allusion to the nursery rhyme Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, which has been frequently altered to satirize various forms of political corruption since the early 19th cent.In quot. 1847 in figurative context with reference to shepherding.

1847 Bombay Times 11 Aug. 635/2 As to wool, let eighty-six flock come up here, and it will soon be able to answer in the words well known to..those who commit depredations upon us,—‘yes, master, three bags' full.’

1916 Kemmel Times 3 July in Wipers Times: Compl. Series (2006) 101 Thomas Atkins with his famous song: Yes, sir! Yes, sir! Three bags full.

1974 D. Clement & I. La Frenais Porridge: Scripts (2002) 1st Ser. Episode 5. 108/2 You have to learn to turn the other cheek. Yes sir, no sir, three bags full, sir.

1998 P. Jooste Dance with Poor Man's Daughter (1999) i. 27 Other people took the jobs that were offered to them and were grateful. They could say, ‘Yes, boss. No, boss. Three bags full, boss’ and it wasn't the end of the world.

2003 A. O. Mitha Unlikely Beginnings xix. 293 He was a person who rarely had a good word for..those senior to him, and yet when he was with them he was all, ‘yes, sir, no sir, three bags full, sir.’

单词	yes, sir, no, sir, three bags full
释义	> as lemmas yes, sir, no, sir, three bags full P3. yes, sir, no, sir, three bags full and variants: used to imply servile compliance with the demands of another, esp. a superior. With allusion to the nursery rhyme Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, which has been frequently altered to satirize various forms of political corruption since the early 19th cent.In quot. 1847 in figurative context with reference to shepherding. Π 1847 Bombay Times 11 Aug. 635/2 As to wool, let eighty-six flock come up here, and it will soon be able to answer in the words well known to..those who commit depredations upon us,—‘yes, master, three bags' full.’ 1916 Kemmel Times 3 July in Wipers Times: Compl. Series (2006) 101 Thomas Atkins with his famous song: Yes, sir! Yes, sir! Three bags full. 1974 D. Clement & I. La Frenais Porridge: Scripts (2002) 1st Ser. Episode 5. 108/2 You have to learn to turn the other cheek. Yes sir, no sir, three bags full, sir. 1998 P. Jooste Dance with Poor Man's Daughter (1999) i. 27 Other people took the jobs that were offered to them and were grateful. They could say, ‘Yes, boss. No, boss. Three bags full, boss’ and it wasn't the end of the world. 2003 A. O. Mitha Unlikely Beginnings xix. 293 He was a person who rarely had a good word for..those senior to him, and yet when he was with them he was all, ‘yes, sir, no sir, three bags full, sir.’ extracted from yesadv.n.int. < as lemmas
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