单词 | how's tricks? |
释义 | > as lemmashow's (less frequently how are) tricks? P4. how's (less frequently how are) tricks? how are things? how are you getting on? colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > terms of greeting God give you good dayc1275 hail be thou (also ye)c1275 pax vobisc1275 how do ye?1570 (good, fair) time of day (to you)1597 how goes it?1598 I salute youa1616 savea1616 how do you find yourself?a1646 how-do-you-do1697 how do?1886 how are you popping (up)?1894 how's (less frequently how are) tricks?1915 how's (or how are) things (or, originally Australia and New Zealand, tricks?)1926 how's life?1931 1915 J. London Jacket xiii. 149 ‘How's tricks?’ I asked finally. 1924 W. Holtby Crowded Street i. 21 ‘Well, Mrs. H., how's tricks?’ His wife flushed slightly at the vulgarity of his phrase. 1934 D. Runyon in Collier's 24 Nov. 8/4 Meyer Marmalade and I are glad to see her looking so well, and we ask her how are tricks. 1959 ‘A. Fraser’ High Tension ix. 91 ‘Well,’ he greeted me, ‘how's tricks?’ 1980 N. Marsh Photo-finish ii. 36 ‘Gidday,’ said Les Smith. ‘How's tricks, then, Bert?’ < as lemmas |
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