英语词汇“have nothing on a person”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. colloquial. With an advantage or excess, esp. one stated quantitatively, as compared with. Chiefly with to have, esp. in to have nothing on (a person): to bear no comparison with (a person). Cf. over prep. 10a.

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1906 H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 27 I'll show 'em the Waldoff ain't got nothin' on Maggie de Shine.]

1910 S. E. White Rules of Game v. xxiv They think they have it on us straight enough.

1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch 7 ‘Hans’ Wagner of Pittsburg, has always been a hard man for me, but in that I have had nothing on a lot of other pitchers.

1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 43 She had always had an edge on her, especially whenever there were people listening.

1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 298 Baby Ella herself had nothin' on you.

1928 Daily Express 19 June 12 Kerensky, who tried to do what Napoleon said no man could do: run a revolution and a war simultaneously. Kerensky thought Napoleon had nothing on him.

1936 T. S. Eliot Ess. Anc. & Mod. 68 Huysmans' fee-fi-fo-fum décor of mediævalism has nothing on Mr. Symons's ‘veiled altar’.

1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart i. v. 94 While you had it on me, it made it more difficult.

1947 Penguin New Writing 31 67 He..took out his best clothes. Going to the barracks, he had to look smart, he had to show the soldiers they had nothing on him.

1959 G. Paley Little Disturbances of Man (1970) 111 He was a big guy with a few years on me.

1967 Listener 28 Dec. 857/1 For a picture of sheer bloodcurdling hatred and human degradation, our playwrights have nothing on this 60-year-old music-drama inspired by Sophocles' play.

1999 C. Creedon Passion Play iv. 20 They were older, a good twenty years on me.

2007 Guardian 6 Jan. (Review section) 10/5 Dr Frankenstein had nothing on the new generation of ‘biohackers’.

c. To the discredit of; that incriminates. Chiefly in to have (also get) something (also anything) on (a person): to possess or gain discreditable or incriminating information about (a person). Also in to have (also get) nothing on (a person).

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1916 Railway Conductor Sept. 647/2 A letter from Chief of Police McKercher..said, in substance: ‘I am sending you these two men for the work we talked about. Let me know if they do not do it satisfactorily, as I have something on them.’

1919 Detective Story Mag. 25 Nov. 129 He gave me the slip... Maybe it's just as well since I haven't got anything on him yet.

1923 L. J. Vance Baroque vii. 42 You haven't got any thing on me.

1924 A. Christie Man in Brown Suit 6 Every one of us incriminated..and not one of us has anything on him.

1929 ‘G. Daviot’ Man in Queue iii. 30 If he thinks he has anything on me..he has another guess coming.

1946 T. Jones Skinny Angel 85 Those fellows are trying to get something on someone.

1960 ‘W. Haggard’ Closed Circuit iii. 31 Get something on the men who counted. Then you could do almost as you pleased. It was astonishing how most of the men who counted had something to hide.

1960 K. Hopkins Dead against Princ. xix. 129 ‘She is the daughter of a criminal.’.. ‘Yes. But we have nothing on her.’

2008 S. Baatz For Thrill of It (2009) i. i. 18 The police have nothing on them and I don't see why they should be held.

单词	have nothing on a person
释义	> as lemmas to have nothing on (a person) b. colloquial. With an advantage or excess, esp. one stated quantitatively, as compared with. Chiefly with to have, esp. in to have nothing on (a person): to bear no comparison with (a person). Cf. over prep. 10a. ΚΠ 1906 H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 27 I'll show 'em the Waldoff ain't got nothin' on Maggie de Shine.] 1910 S. E. White Rules of Game v. xxiv They think they have it on us straight enough. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch 7 ‘Hans’ Wagner of Pittsburg, has always been a hard man for me, but in that I have had nothing on a lot of other pitchers. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 43 She had always had an edge on her, especially whenever there were people listening. 1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 298 Baby Ella herself had nothin' on you. 1928 Daily Express 19 June 12 Kerensky, who tried to do what Napoleon said no man could do: run a revolution and a war simultaneously. Kerensky thought Napoleon had nothing on him. 1936 T. S. Eliot Ess. Anc. & Mod. 68 Huysmans' fee-fi-fo-fum décor of mediævalism has nothing on Mr. Symons's ‘veiled altar’. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart i. v. 94 While you had it on me, it made it more difficult. 1947 Penguin New Writing 31 67 He..took out his best clothes. Going to the barracks, he had to look smart, he had to show the soldiers they had nothing on him. 1959 G. Paley Little Disturbances of Man (1970) 111 He was a big guy with a few years on me. 1967 Listener 28 Dec. 857/1 For a picture of sheer bloodcurdling hatred and human degradation, our playwrights have nothing on this 60-year-old music-drama inspired by Sophocles' play. 1999 C. Creedon Passion Play iv. 20 They were older, a good twenty years on me. 2007 Guardian 6 Jan. (Review section) 10/5 Dr Frankenstein had nothing on the new generation of ‘biohackers’. extracted from onprep. to have (also get) nothing on (a person) c. To the discredit of; that incriminates. Chiefly in to have (also get) something (also anything) on (a person): to possess or gain discreditable or incriminating information about (a person). Also in to have (also get) nothing on (a person). ΚΠ 1916 Railway Conductor Sept. 647/2 A letter from Chief of Police McKercher..said, in substance: ‘I am sending you these two men for the work we talked about. Let me know if they do not do it satisfactorily, as I have something on them.’ 1919 Detective Story Mag. 25 Nov. 129 He gave me the slip... Maybe it's just as well since I haven't got anything on him yet. 1923 L. J. Vance Baroque vii. 42 You haven't got any thing on me. 1924 A. Christie Man in Brown Suit 6 Every one of us incriminated..and not one of us has anything on him. 1929 ‘G. Daviot’ Man in Queue iii. 30 If he thinks he has anything on me..he has another guess coming. 1946 T. Jones Skinny Angel 85 Those fellows are trying to get something on someone. 1960 ‘W. Haggard’ Closed Circuit iii. 31 Get something on the men who counted. Then you could do almost as you pleased. It was astonishing how most of the men who counted had something to hide. 1960 K. Hopkins Dead against Princ. xix. 129 ‘She is the daughter of a criminal.’.. ‘Yes. But we have nothing on her.’ 2008 S. Baatz For Thrill of It (2009) i. i. 18 The police have nothing on them and I don't see why they should be held. extracted from onprep. < as lemmas
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