单词 | chutzpah |
释义 | chutzpah (hʊtspə ) regional note: in AM, also use chutzpa uncountable noun If you say that someone has chutzpah, you mean that you admire the fact that they are not afraid or embarrassed to do or say things that shock, surprise, or annoy other people. [approval] Einstein had the chutzpah to discard common sense and long-established theory. Collocations: sheer chutzpah I give him five stars for sheer chutzpah. Times, Sunday Times And yet remarkably — through sheer talent or sheer chutzpah depending on one's point of view — he appears to have found a market. Times, Sunday Times And with this increasing confidence from the orchestra - three cheers for a trumpet section on superb form with daunting music - you succumbed to the sheer chutzpah of it all. Times, Sunday Times You can't help but admire the sheer chutzpah of the man. Times, Sunday Times Sheer chutzpah won him his first job at a design agency, where he passed off his girlfriend's portfolio as his own. Times, Sunday Times |
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