单词 | go look |
释义 | > as lemmasgo look (e) go look: used to convey a contemptuous refusal to answer a question; ‘find out for yourself’. Now rare (English regional in later use). N.E.D. (1900, at Go v.) notes: ‘common in Derbyshire’.In quot. 1596 as a polite translation for a more scatological expression in the original Latin. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find for yourself [phrase] go look1596 1596 J. Harington tr. T. More in New Disc. Aiax 23 Against garlikes sauour, at one word, I know but one receipt, whats that? go looke [L. tantum tollere merda potest]. 1597 J. Lyly Woman in Moone v. sig. Fiiv If you aske me why I sing, I say yee may go looke. 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir v. sig. K4v The. What's thy name slaue? Har. Goe looke. 1784 S. Johnson Let. 27 Mar. in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1791) II. 485 He [sc. John Floyer] was not much less than eighty, when to a man of rank who modestly asked him his age, he answered, ‘Go look’. 1790 Old Poor Robin 43 But why dont you continue that manner?..why dont you write as formerly? My answer was—Go look. 1820 R. Anderson Poet Wks. II. 144 I ax'd a smart chap where to fin cousin Jacep, Says he, ‘Clown, go look!’ 1825 Edinb. Mag. Jan. 46/1 When we inquire of the grey-haired man our way to the next village, he bids us go, look—of the child, follow your nose. < as lemmas |
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