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单词 all in the family
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all in the family
a. all in the family: used to indicate that something concerns a single family or is a private family matter; also in extended use.
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1787 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 653/1 Is it not all in the family? and with whom can a man make free, if not with his relations?
1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. vi. 85 David says, in the Psalms—no, it was Solomon, but it was all in the family—Solomon said, there was a time for all things.
1922 K. Norris Certain People of Importance iii. 53 If the Brewers could do a little manipulating for their son, then so might Reuben do a little for his; it was, after all, all in the family.
1978 Texas Monthly Feb. 18/2 A bulletin board filled with snapshots of the owner and friends, and the general disarray contribute to the all-in-the-family air of this Tex-Mex cafe.
2007 A. Chua Day of Empire xi. 299 The Chinese government may have hoped that overseas Chinese—being ‘all in the family’—would make loyal and dependable investors.
extracted from familyn.adj.
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