| 单词 | lady in the case |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady in the case lady in the case n. used to indicate that a woman is the cause of a situation or the key to solving a problem; cf. cherchez la femme phr. ΚΠ 1671 T. Shadwell Humorists iii. 32 Nay, if there be a Lady in the Case I submit. 1727 J. Gay Fables I. l. 172 And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V xix. 144 ‘Ay,’ quoth his friend, ‘I thought it would appear That there had been a lady in the case.’ 1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray I. xiii. 260 Luke, is there no young lady in the case? 1909 W. S. Gilbert Fallen Fairies ii. 37 In all the woes that curse our race There is a lady in the case. 1961 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Inst. 24 119 The dark figure behind the monk on the left, conceivably the lady in the case. 1999 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 15 June 15 There is a fine quality in all these sequences underpinned by superb playing from Rosemary Leach as the lady in the case. < as lemmas |
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