Clapham omnibus

noun

/ˌklæpəm ˈɒmnɪbəs/

/ˌklæpəm ˈɑːmnɪbəs/

Idioms

jump to other results

Idioms

the man on the Clapham omnibus

(British English, informal, old-fashioned) an ordinary person who is typical of many others
- Can you persuade the man on the Clapham omnibus that it is useful?
CultureThis phrase, which means the average ordinary English person (of either sex) has been in use since the 1890s when the word has been in use since the 1890s when the word ‘bus’ was already replacing ‘omnibus’. The choice of the bus from Clapham, an area of south-west London, has no special meaning; it is just a typical bus from a fairly ordinary place. The phrase is very old-fashioned now and it is much more usual to talk about the man (and/or woman) in the street.

单词	Clapham omnibus
释义	Clapham omnibus noun /ˌklæpəm ˈɒmnɪbəs/ /ˌklæpəm ˈɑːmnɪbəs/ Idioms jump to other results Idioms the man on the Clapham omnibus (British English, informal, old-fashioned) an ordinary person who is typical of many others Can you persuade the man on the Clapham omnibus that it is useful? CultureThis phrase, which means the average ordinary English person (of either sex) has been in use since the 1890s when the word has been in use since the 1890s when the word ‘bus’ was already replacing ‘omnibus’. The choice of the bus from Clapham, an area of south-west London, has no special meaning; it is just a typical bus from a fairly ordinary place. The phrase is very old-fashioned now and it is much more usual to talk about the man (and/or woman) in the street.
随便看	drill-down drill into drill-into drily drink drink_1 drink_2 drinkable drink-driver drink-driving drinker drink in drink-in drinking drinking box drinking chocolate drinking-chocolate drinking fountain drinking-fountain drinking straw drinking-straw drinking-up time drinking-up-time sick bag sick-bag