单词 | et patati et patata |
释义 | et patati et patataphr. And so on and so forth; = et cetera n. 1.Frequently used (esp. appended to reported speech) to imply what has gone before is tedious or unnecessarily lengthy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > and so forth and so forthc1000 or so forth1604 et patati et patata1885 1885 F. C. Philips As in Looking Glass I. xiii. 245 ‘Are there not Nice, Hyères, Cannes..and the rest, for the scrupulous? She must be pigeon-hunting!’ Et patati, et patata. 1904 Sat. Rev. 14 May 619/2 Vanity of actor-managers, intolerable attempts to stifle honest criticism, shall such things be? et patati, et patata. 1929 R. Aldington Death of Hero i. i. 38 ‘We have brought you up to be a God-fearing Christian man..’ et patata et patati. 1990 R. A. Francis et al. tr. J. Ríos Larva (2004) 26 Enough of this pulp and patter, of pat answers and palpable lies, of elusive allusions, of yanging and yammering. Et patati et patata. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.1885 |
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