| 单词 | present company excepted |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspresent company excepted P2. present company excepted and variants: excluding those who are here or being addressed now. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] > excluding those present present company excepted1783 1783 C. Macklin True-born Irishman i. 23 Mrs. Diggerty. I hate the very name of Gallagher, and all the old Irish whatever. Counsellor Hamilton. The present company excepted, sister—your husband, you know—. 1832 Reg. Deb. Congr. U.S. 14 June 3530 Mr. C[layton] observed that the gentleman ought to remember that the present company is always excepted. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux I. i. 5 He's the best Irishman we ever got hold of,..present company always excepted, Laurence. 1913 F. L. Barclay Broken Halo vii. 92 ‘Present company excepted’ is always understood, without being expressed, when sweeping generalities are being made. 1975 G. Moffat Miss Pink iii. 54 Women never strike out for themselves... Present company excepted, of course. 1997 J. Coe House of Sleep x. 175 A lot of hysterical rubbish whipped up by members of the most worthless and unscrupulous profession of all: journalists... Present company excepted, of course. < as lemmas |
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