| 单词 | fair do's |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfair do's fair do's n. (also fair do) British colloquial (originally regional) equitable or unbiased treatment (frequently used to request just treatment or accept that it has been given); cf. do n.1 1a. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > fairness or equity > action fair play?a1500 square play or dealing1592 the square thing1592 fair dealing1609 to do justice to (a person or thing)1610 fair deal1837 fairation1847 fair do's1859 square deal1876 fair dinkum1881 cricket1900 1859 T. Hughes Scouring of White Horse vi. 122 Only seemed to want what they called ‘fair doos’. 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 282 ‘A shabby dew’, says a man who has had twopence given him for getting a waggon-load of coals in. ‘A fairish dew’, says another who has got a shilling and a lot of victuals away with him for the same. 1941 L. A. G. Strong Bay 168 Come on, Doctor. Fair do's. 1953 S. Beckett Watt i. 8 The lady now removing her tongue from the gentleman's mouth, he put his into hers. Fair do, said Mr Hackett. 2003 G. Joseph Big Smoke xxxviii. 332 He..felt as though the kid had played him. Fair do's, though, he thought,..and paid up. < as lemmas |
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