单词 | he won't eat you |
释义 | > as lemmashe won't eat you d. Colloquial phrase he won't eat you, and variants: he (we, they) will not injure or harm (the person addressed): an exhortation not to be alarmed. ΚΠ 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 126 Why, we won't eat you, Sir John. 1848 A. Trollope Kellys & O'Kellys III. vii. 161 Why, man alive, the ogre can't eat you! 1904 A. Bennett Great Man xxiv. 261 Don't be afraid. She won't eat you. 1949 F. Swinnerton Doctor's Wife comes to Stay 96 Don't be afraid. We shan't eat her, much as we should like to. You'll have her safe home again, with plenty dollars and the hearts of all our people over there. 1965 J. Symons Belting Inheritance ii. 23 You don't want to let Mamma worry you. She won't eat you, though she may look as if she will. < as lemmas |
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