英语词汇“nowt so queer as folk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. Originally English regional (northern). (there's) nowt so queer as folk and variants: as an expression of surprise, wonder, or disapproval at the variety of human behaviour.

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1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. vii. 122 ‘I told him I'd help him all as I could—’ ‘Thou did, did thou? Well, well, there's nought sa queer as folks, that a will say,’ muttered Alice, between her teeth.]

a1903 in Eng. Dialect Dict. (1903) IV. 304/1 There's nowt sae queer as folk, Old Saying.

1907 M. Boileau & J. Eric (title) ‘Mr. Dan Cupid’, or There's nowt so queer as folk.

1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down iii. ix. 352 ‘And he carried him, you say?’ she asked. He nodded. ‘It's more than I would have done,’ she cried. ‘There's nowt so funny as folk,’ said Paddy, repeating the old northern adage. Bridgit agreed.

1993 Afr. Affairs 92 626 In the end, the old Lancashire saw..may be as far as one can go in offering..a convincing diagnosis for what drove the explorers to do it: ‘There's nowt so queer as folk’.

单词	nowt so queer as folk
释义	> as lemmas (there's) nowt so queer as folk P1. Originally English regional (northern). (there's) nowt so queer as folk and variants: as an expression of surprise, wonder, or disapproval at the variety of human behaviour. ΚΠ 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. vii. 122 ‘I told him I'd help him all as I could—’ ‘Thou did, did thou? Well, well, there's nought sa queer as folks, that a will say,’ muttered Alice, between her teeth.] a1903 in Eng. Dialect Dict. (1903) IV. 304/1 There's nowt sae queer as folk, Old Saying. 1907 M. Boileau & J. Eric (title) ‘Mr. Dan Cupid’, or There's nowt so queer as folk. 1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down iii. ix. 352 ‘And he carried him, you say?’ she asked. He nodded. ‘It's more than I would have done,’ she cried. ‘There's nowt so funny as folk,’ said Paddy, repeating the old northern adage. Bridgit agreed. 1993 Afr. Affairs 92 626 In the end, the old Lancashire saw..may be as far as one can go in offering..a convincing diagnosis for what drove the explorers to do it: ‘There's nowt so queer as folk’. extracted from nowtpron.adj.adv.n.² < as lemmas
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