| 单词 | it's a free country |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit's a free country P4. colloquial. it's a free country: used to assert a person's rights as an individual, implying that a proposed or contemplated action is not illegal or forbidden, or more generally as a defence against (actual or expected) censure. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > without restraint [phrase] > one is free to do or think as one will thought is freea1393 it's a free country1813 1813 Scourge May 370 Should you like another man's wife, have her—it's a free country, and le roi le veut, is surely enough. 1847 E. Bennett Bandits of Osage i. i. 20/2 ‘Wal,’ remarked Bernard,..‘this ere's a free country, and every body's got a right to their own opinion any how.’ 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus iv. 51 Don't talk so ridiculous! I tell you I ain't yours—it's a free country, this is! 1939 N. Streatfeild Luke 244 Why stop with her if she was always nagging about her soul? That's what gets me. After all it's a free country. 1989 C. McIntyre in K. Harwood First Run i. 88 ‘It's for men, Mary. You shouldn't be looking at it at all.’ ‘It's a free country.’ 2010 K. L. Seegers tr. D. Meyer 13 Hours viii. 66 ‘And if you wish to make personal calls, you will do it in the street…’ ‘It's a free country as far as I know.’ < as lemmas |
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