long grassn.

Brit.

/ˌlɒŋ ˈɡrɑːs/,

/ˌlɒŋ ˈɡras/, U.S.

/ˌlɔŋ ˈɡræs/,

/ˌlɑŋ ˈɡræs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, grass n.¹

Etymology: < long adj.¹ + grass n.¹

1. Used gen.: tall grass or grass-like growth, which is tall enough, for example, to conceal animals.Used to denote a particular type of African savannah grassland.Cf. short-grass n. at short adj., n., and adv. Compounds 6a, tall-grass adj. at tall adj. and adv. Compounds 2.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > forming characteristic vegetation

meadow grassa1300

bottom grass1594

long grass1699

sweet-grass1812

short-grass1826

prairie wool1908

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 58 Beyond this, you still enter into large Savannahs of long Grass, two or three Miles wide; in some Places much more.

1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea iii. 192 The country hereabouts is now covered with long grass, called lalang.

1858 E. H. D. Domenech Missionary Adventures Texas & Mexico iv. 276 The way of the long grass is not easy.

1863 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 27/2 The long grass swarmed with hog-deer.

1912 D. Crawford (title) Thinking Black: 22 years without a break in the long grass of Central Africa.

1961 Listener 7 Sept. 346/1 This is the Africa of the ‘long grass’ such as Hyparrhenia and Echinochloa into which, half a century ago, one would have romantically disappeared. The areas of long-grass plains in the Sudan have to be experienced to be believed.

2012 C. A. Spinage Afr. Ecol. i. 14 But impact of the herbivores in the dry season in the long grass region of the Serengeti is greatest at the time when above-ground production is largely dead.

2. British (originally and chiefly Politics). to kick (a person or thing) into the long grass and variants: to put aside, defer; to sideline. The expression appears to have been originally associated with Geoffrey Rippon (1924–97), British politician.In quot. 1973 as part of an extended metaphor involving football.

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1966 G. Rippon in Hansard Commons 24 May 293 How long are the Royal Commissions expected to take to complete their work? In other words, how long is the ball to be kicked into the long grass?

1973 Times 11 Oct. 4/7 Mr Rippon set himself up as the archapostle of community politics..with all sorts of pledges about not ‘kicking the ball into the long grass’ from which it might emerge muddier than before.

1986 Financial Times 5 Aug. 34/3 Senior ministers' initial response to Peacock..was that it was not what was required and should be ‘kicked into the long grass’.

1989 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Dec. He is not prepared to be kicked into the long grass by the party.

2005 D. Runcorn in D. Ison Vicar's Guide iii. 22 You don't know what issues can be kicked into the long grass and which need to be top of the agenda.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	long grass
释义	long grassn. Brit. /ˌlɒŋ ˈɡrɑːs/, /ˌlɒŋ ˈɡras/, U.S. /ˌlɔŋ ˈɡræs/, /ˌlɑŋ ˈɡræs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, grass n.¹ Etymology: < long adj.¹ + grass n.¹ 1. Used gen.: tall grass or grass-like growth, which is tall enough, for example, to conceal animals.Used to denote a particular type of African savannah grassland.Cf. short-grass n. at short adj., n., and adv. Compounds 6a, tall-grass adj. at tall adj. and adv. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > forming characteristic vegetation meadow grassa1300 bottom grass1594 long grass1699 sweet-grass1812 short-grass1826 prairie wool1908 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 58 Beyond this, you still enter into large Savannahs of long Grass, two or three Miles wide; in some Places much more. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea iii. 192 The country hereabouts is now covered with long grass, called lalang. 1858 E. H. D. Domenech Missionary Adventures Texas & Mexico iv. 276 The way of the long grass is not easy. 1863 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 27/2 The long grass swarmed with hog-deer. 1912 D. Crawford (title) Thinking Black: 22 years without a break in the long grass of Central Africa. 1961 Listener 7 Sept. 346/1 This is the Africa of the ‘long grass’ such as Hyparrhenia and Echinochloa into which, half a century ago, one would have romantically disappeared. The areas of long-grass plains in the Sudan have to be experienced to be believed. 2012 C. A. Spinage Afr. Ecol. i. 14 But impact of the herbivores in the dry season in the long grass region of the Serengeti is greatest at the time when above-ground production is largely dead. 2. British (originally and chiefly Politics). to kick (a person or thing) into the long grass and variants: to put aside, defer; to sideline. The expression appears to have been originally associated with Geoffrey Rippon (1924–97), British politician.In quot. 1973 as part of an extended metaphor involving football. ΚΠ 1966 G. Rippon in Hansard Commons 24 May 293 How long are the Royal Commissions expected to take to complete their work? In other words, how long is the ball to be kicked into the long grass? 1973 Times 11 Oct. 4/7 Mr Rippon set himself up as the archapostle of community politics..with all sorts of pledges about not ‘kicking the ball into the long grass’ from which it might emerge muddier than before. 1986 Financial Times 5 Aug. 34/3 Senior ministers' initial response to Peacock..was that it was not what was required and should be ‘kicked into the long grass’. 1989 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Dec. He is not prepared to be kicked into the long grass by the party. 2005 D. Runcorn in D. Ison Vicar's Guide iii. 22 You don't know what issues can be kicked into the long grass and which need to be top of the agenda. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1699
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