单词 | of all people |
释义 | > as lemmasof all people P2. of all people: expressing disbelieving or indignant surprise that a particular person should be involved. Cf. of prep. 30f. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] > at someone's involvement of all people1698 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > exclamation of wonder [interjection] > at someone's involvement of all people1698 1698 W. Congreve Amendments Mr. Collier's False & Imperfect Citations 107 For this reason, they of all People should last have parted with the innocent and wholesome Remedies, which the Diversions of Musick administred. 1700 S. Parker 6 Philos. Ess. 53 Physicians, of all people, gather most Money next to the Collectors of the Taxes. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 299 And with whom do you think, of all people in the world, she suspects him? 1851 S. Spencer Let. 1 May (1912) 410 The Times yesterday contained some fine tho' rather enthusiastically loyal verses about the opening of the Exhibition by Thackeray of all people. 1925 V. Woolf Mrs. Dalloway 273 She accused Hugh Whitbread, of all people.., of kissing her. 1992 H. Mitchell One Man's Garden iv. 82 You would think gardeners, of all people, would hesitate to fling poisons all over the place. < as lemmas |
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