英语词汇“red, white, and blue”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Phrases

P1. In similative comparisons, as red as blood, red as a cherry, red as fire, red as a rose, etc.

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c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 7955 Þe oder is milc-whit..þe oðer ræd alse blod [c1300 so read so blod].

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 3179 Yfourmed as a dragon as red ase fur.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 882 (MED) He..stared..a-stoneyd..and eft red as rose.

c1400 (?c1308) Adam Davy's 5 Dreams (1878) 140 Þe kyng stood, ycloþed al in rede: murre he was, of þat blee red as blood.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lv. sig. Mi The ymage..blusshed as red as sendall.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 49 With a face as red as fire.

1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 376 Thy trembling lip..Red as the cherry from the Kentish tree.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 7 The Bride hath pac'd into the Hall, Red as a rose is she.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine ii The tip of her nose as red as fire with sniffling and weeping.

1963 S. Cloete Rags of Glory xxxix. 316 The Englishmen were sunburned, red as lobsters.

2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) ii. 29 So Ryan was red as a beetroot.

P2. to be as red (in the gills) as a (turkey-) cock: (of a person) to have bright red cheeks; to have a very ruddy complexion.

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1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxx. 160 He..was reed as a cok, and had a good lyuynge colour.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xi. f. 85^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Tyll they be read as cockes, and litle wyser then their combes.

1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger iii. 92 The Lazy Fat Prebend and Ceremony monger..is as Red in the Gills as a Turky-cock, or his Scarlet-hood.

1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times III. 18 Her face was as red as the gills of a turkey cock.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xv. 272 The idea..mantled the blood in my cheeks till I was as red as a turkey-cock.

1928 H. Wade Missing Partners viii. 96 His complexion was extraordinary—‘high-coloured’ exactly describes it—damned high-coloured. He was as red as the proverbial turkey-cock.

1999 C. Graham Place of Safety (2001) 223 His face was as red as a turkey cock's. Mark my words, that man's heading for a stroke.

P3. to shoot (also sport) the red: (of a turkey poult) to develop caruncles and red coloration on the head. Now rare.

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1848 E. S. Dixon Ornamental & Domest. Poultry 43 A safer rule may be fixed at the season called ‘shooting the red’, a ‘disease’, as some compilers are pleased to call it.

1871 W. M. Lewis People's Pract. Poultry Bk. 103 The following prescription..[is] an invaluable tonic for debilitated birds, especially in the mortality which is apt to prevail when ‘shooting the red’.

1897 K. B. B. De La Bere New Poultry Guide ii. 56 Turkeys require considerable attention..until they ‘sport the red’, as it is termed, i.e., develop the red colouring to the face and wattles.

1932 Somerset Year Bk. 83 When they'm shuttin' th' reds they'm pin-near zartain ta die.

P4. red in tooth and claw: characterized by savage violence or merciless competition (chiefly after quot. 1850). Also figurative.

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1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lv. 80 Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shriek'd against his creed.

1883 H. B. Gray Mod. Laodiceans ii. 197 I see its bastard brood—murder, red in tooth and claw, creeping in our midst.

1913 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 3 681 Nor have the eagle-eyed newspapers themselves any great cause for vengeance red in tooth and claw.

1988 J. Neel Death's Bright Angel xi. 104 Henry contemplated with interest this new vision of a Civil Service red in tooth and claw.

2001 Observer 18 Mar. (Britain Uncovered Suppl.) 50/1 While there is a ‘red in tooth and claw’ aspect to this financial sharp end, there is a still larger element in the overclass who do not get their hands quite so dirty.

P5. red, white, and blue. Frequently with the.

a. The colours of the flag of the United States. Hence: the flag itself; the United States. Also as adj.: characteristic of the United States or its citizens; designating or characterized by American patriotism.

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1853 N.-Y. Daily Times 3 Aug. 2/1 The Samoset house was covered with banners and festoons of ‘the red, white and blue’.

1856 Allen County (Ohio) Democrat 17 May 1/4 Proudly she bore her brave crew,..Now the boast of the Red, White, and Blue.

1917 M. Greene & B. Lang A-M-E-R-I-C-A (song) in F. G. Vogel World War I Songs (1995) iii. 288/1 Our U.S.A. has given us our liberty, All our hats are off to you And the Red, White and Blue.

1976 R. Sabbag Snow Blind xiv. 233 America's odoriferous blend of all that was red, white and blue about Jesse Owens.

2003 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 June 14 A far cry from the red, white and blue patriotism associated with the Superbowl's cheerleading.

b. The colours of the Union flag of the United Kingdom. Hence: the flag itself. Also as adj.: devoted to the service of the United Kingdom; characterized by British patriotism.

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society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > [adjective] > British

Rule Britannia1841

red, white, and blue1855

society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > Union Jack

Union colours1634

Union flag1634

Union Jack1674

union1720

red, white, and blue1855

1855 D. T. Shaw Britannia, Pride of Ocean 1 May the Service United ne'er sever, And both to their Colours prove true, The Army and Navy for ever! Three cheers for the Red, White and Blue!

1912 R. Brooke Lett. (1968) 387 Aren't you, perhaps, going to lecture..about the British Empire, on ‘Heart-Cries under the Red White and Blue’, or some such title?

1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 30/1 They were all that he was not; British in tradition; red-white-and-blue in sentiment.

1993 Sun 31 May 35/5 Wright said: ‘It's was my goal for England—a red, white and blue goal. No one can say I'll never score for my country now.’

P6. to paint the town red: see paint v.¹ Phrases 1.

P7. In proverbial expressions referring to the belief that a red sky in the evening promises good weather for the following day, whereas at dawn it suggests that the day ahead will be unsettled, esp. as red sky at night, shepherd's (also sailor's) delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's (also sailor's) warning. [The belief is reflected in the Bible, Matthew 16:2, which the proverb is probably ultimately based on. Compare:

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xvi. 2 Whanne the euentid is comun, ȝe seien, ‘It schal be clere, for heuene is rodi’; and the morewtid, ‘To dai tempest, for heuene schyneth heueli’.

1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xvi. 2 When it is euening, yee say, It will bee faire weather: for the skie is red. And in the morning, It will be foule weather to day: for the skie is red and lowring.

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1893 R. Inwards Weather Lore 53 Sky red in the morning Is a sailor's sure warning, Sky red at night is the sailor's delight.

1920 Punch 14 July 36 Red sky at night, shepherd's delight... Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

1970 P. West I'm Expecting to Live Quite Soon 196 What's weather to do with it? Red sky at morning, shepherd's warning. Red sky at night, shepherd's delight.

1991 V. Bugliosi Sea will Tell v. 58 In the stillness, Buck said, ‘Red sky at night, sailor's delight.’ Jennifer knew the rest. ‘Red sky in the morning, sailor's warning.’ The famous old saw was suddenly a special shared moment.

2001 M. Bragg Son of War xxii. 226 ‘Red sky at night: shepherd's delight’. I thought you'd have noticed it.

P8. to see red: to become very angry; to lose self-control.

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the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry

wrethec900

wrothc975

abelghec1300

to move one's blood (also mood)c1330

to peck moodc1330

gremec1460

to take firea1513

fumec1522

sourdc1540

spitec1560

to set up the heckle1601

fire1604

exasperate1659

to fire up1779

to flash up1822

to get one's dander up1831

to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle1832

to have (also get) one's monkey up1833

to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837

rile1837

to go off the handle1839

to flare up1840

to set one's back up1845

to run hot1855

to wax up1859

to get one's rag out1862

blow1871

to get (also have) the pricker1871

to turn up rough1872

to get the needle1874

to blaze up1878

to get wet1898

spunk1898

to see red1901

to go crook1911

to get ignorant1913

to hit the ceiling1914

to hit the roof1921

to blow one's top1928

to lose one's rag1928

to lose one's haira1930

to go up in smoke1933

hackle1935

to have, get a cob on1937

to pop (also blow) one's cork1938

to go hostile1941

to go sparec1942

to do one's bun1944

to lose one's wool1944

to blow one's stack1947

to go (also do) one's (also a) dingerc1950

rear1953

to get on ignorant1956

to go through the roof1958

to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964

to lose ita1969

to blow a gasket1975

to throw a wobbler1985

1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel xiii. 292 I began, as the American expression is, to see things red.]

1901 ‘L. Malet’ Hist. Richard Calmady i. v. 39 Happily violence is shortlived, only for a very little while do even the gentlest persons ‘see red’.

1923 Daily Mail 19 June 15 It maddened me, I think, and I saw red—and before I knew what I was doing I stabbed him.

1977 Daily Mirror 15 Mar. 2 (heading) MPs see red over soaring prices.

2001 S. Armitage Little Green Man (2002) iii. 11 If he ever saw red it was best to stand well back.

P9. reds under the bed and variants: denoting an exaggerated or obsessive fear of the presence and harmful influence of communist sympathizers in a particular society, institution, etc. Also attributive: designating an outbreak of such a fear.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > fear of communism

reds under the bed1927

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 165/1 The marvel is that the organs of capitalism..should still see Reds under the bed.

1932 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 24 Oct. 6/5 The red is almost invisible in the present presidential race and we had hoped that this would stop the hysterical who have been seeing reds under every bed and in every closet.

1952 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 23 Aug. 10/1 Seeing reds under every bed certainly is not as bad as the opposite assumption, namely, that there is no Communist problem.

1972 Times 24 May 16/3 This sort of ‘reds under the bed’ scare..could only be counter-productive.

2004 Prediction Apr. 74/1 America and the rest of the western world were in such a state during the 1950s and 1960s, due to the Cold War. ‘Reds under the bed’ was the order of the day.

P10. better dead than red: used to express unconditional opposition to communism, esp. in the context of a possible nuclear war. Also better red than dead: used esp. by opponents of nuclear weapons to warn against uncompromising opposition to communism. [Compare German lieber tot als rot, which is frequently posited as the model for the English phrase (and is sometimes asserted to have been coined by Josef Goebbels during the Second World War), although there is no evidence that it in fact antedates the English use.]

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1958 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 1 Aug. d64/1 The popular phrase ‘better red than dead’ has lost what appeal it ever had.

1961 Times 14 Aug. 6/1 I cannot believe that it is proper for a Bishop of the Church to encourage the idea which is commonly expressed in the formula ‘Better dead than red’.

1981 Times 3 Mar. 13/2 Anything is better than the horrors of nuclear war;..better red than dead.

1992 Publishers Weekly Summer 100/3 (heading) Better Dead Than Red!: A Nostalgic Look at the Golden Years of Russiaphobia, Red-Baiting, and Other Commie Madness.

P11. (both) red and expert: (in China) designating a loyal communist who possesses professional or technical expertise. [After Chinese yòu hóng yòu zhuān (Mao Zedong 1957; < yòu..yòu both..and + hóng red + zhuān expert, specialist).]

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1958 Times 18 Mar. 9/3 Change..from bourgeois intellectuals into working-class intellectuals who are both ‘red’ and expert.

1972 J. Dreyer in R. A. Scalapino Elites in People's Republic China 430 The Party's task was to expand this..elite which was both Red and expert.

2002 Theory & Society 31 491 Most of them have the outside appearance of being ‘red and expert’.

单词	red, white, and blue
释义	> as lemmas red, white, and blue Phrases P1. In similative comparisons, as red as blood, red as a cherry, red as fire, red as a rose, etc. ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 7955 Þe oder is milc-whit..þe oðer ræd alse blod [c1300 so read so blod]. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 3179 Yfourmed as a dragon as red ase fur. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 882 (MED) He..stared..a-stoneyd..and eft red as rose. c1400 (?c1308) Adam Davy's 5 Dreams (1878) 140 Þe kyng stood, ycloþed al in rede: murre he was, of þat blee red as blood. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lv. sig. Mi The ymage..blusshed as red as sendall. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 49 With a face as red as fire. 1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 376 Thy trembling lip..Red as the cherry from the Kentish tree. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 7 The Bride hath pac'd into the Hall, Red as a rose is she. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine ii The tip of her nose as red as fire with sniffling and weeping. 1963 S. Cloete Rags of Glory xxxix. 316 The Englishmen were sunburned, red as lobsters. 2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) ii. 29 So Ryan was red as a beetroot. P2. to be as red (in the gills) as a (turkey-) cock: (of a person) to have bright red cheeks; to have a very ruddy complexion. ΚΠ 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxx. 160 He..was reed as a cok, and had a good lyuynge colour. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xi. f. 85^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Tyll they be read as cockes, and litle wyser then their combes. 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger iii. 92 The Lazy Fat Prebend and Ceremony monger..is as Red in the Gills as a Turky-cock, or his Scarlet-hood. 1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times III. 18 Her face was as red as the gills of a turkey cock. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xv. 272 The idea..mantled the blood in my cheeks till I was as red as a turkey-cock. 1928 H. Wade Missing Partners viii. 96 His complexion was extraordinary—‘high-coloured’ exactly describes it—damned high-coloured. He was as red as the proverbial turkey-cock. 1999 C. Graham Place of Safety (2001) 223 His face was as red as a turkey cock's. Mark my words, that man's heading for a stroke. P3. to shoot (also sport) the red: (of a turkey poult) to develop caruncles and red coloration on the head. Now rare. ΚΠ 1848 E. S. Dixon Ornamental & Domest. Poultry 43 A safer rule may be fixed at the season called ‘shooting the red’, a ‘disease’, as some compilers are pleased to call it. 1871 W. M. Lewis People's Pract. Poultry Bk. 103 The following prescription..[is] an invaluable tonic for debilitated birds, especially in the mortality which is apt to prevail when ‘shooting the red’. 1897 K. B. B. De La Bere New Poultry Guide ii. 56 Turkeys require considerable attention..until they ‘sport the red’, as it is termed, i.e., develop the red colouring to the face and wattles. 1932 Somerset Year Bk. 83 When they'm shuttin' th' reds they'm pin-near zartain ta die. P4. red in tooth and claw: characterized by savage violence or merciless competition (chiefly after quot. 1850). Also figurative. ΚΠ 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lv. 80 Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shriek'd against his creed. View more context for this quotation 1883 H. B. Gray Mod. Laodiceans ii. 197 I see its bastard brood—murder, red in tooth and claw, creeping in our midst. 1913 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 3 681 Nor have the eagle-eyed newspapers themselves any great cause for vengeance red in tooth and claw. 1988 J. Neel Death's Bright Angel xi. 104 Henry contemplated with interest this new vision of a Civil Service red in tooth and claw. 2001 Observer 18 Mar. (Britain Uncovered Suppl.) 50/1 While there is a ‘red in tooth and claw’ aspect to this financial sharp end, there is a still larger element in the overclass who do not get their hands quite so dirty. P5. red, white, and blue. Frequently with the. a. The colours of the flag of the United States. Hence: the flag itself; the United States. Also as adj.: characteristic of the United States or its citizens; designating or characterized by American patriotism. ΚΠ 1853 N.-Y. Daily Times 3 Aug. 2/1 The Samoset house was covered with banners and festoons of ‘the red, white and blue’. 1856 Allen County (Ohio) Democrat 17 May 1/4 Proudly she bore her brave crew,..Now the boast of the Red, White, and Blue. 1917 M. Greene & B. Lang A-M-E-R-I-C-A (song) in F. G. Vogel World War I Songs (1995) iii. 288/1 Our U.S.A. has given us our liberty, All our hats are off to you And the Red, White and Blue. 1976 R. Sabbag Snow Blind xiv. 233 America's odoriferous blend of all that was red, white and blue about Jesse Owens. 2003 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 June 14 A far cry from the red, white and blue patriotism associated with the Superbowl's cheerleading. b. The colours of the Union flag of the United Kingdom. Hence: the flag itself. Also as adj.: devoted to the service of the United Kingdom; characterized by British patriotism. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > [adjective] > British Rule Britannia1841 red, white, and blue1855 society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > Union Jack Union colours1634 Union flag1634 Union Jack1674 union1720 red, white, and blue1855 1855 D. T. Shaw Britannia, Pride of Ocean 1 May the Service United ne'er sever, And both to their Colours prove true, The Army and Navy for ever! Three cheers for the Red, White and Blue! 1912 R. Brooke Lett. (1968) 387 Aren't you, perhaps, going to lecture..about the British Empire, on ‘Heart-Cries under the Red White and Blue’, or some such title? 1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 30/1 They were all that he was not; British in tradition; red-white-and-blue in sentiment. 1993 Sun 31 May 35/5 Wright said: ‘It's was my goal for England—a red, white and blue goal. No one can say I'll never score for my country now.’ P6. to paint the town red: see paint v.¹ Phrases 1. P7. In proverbial expressions referring to the belief that a red sky in the evening promises good weather for the following day, whereas at dawn it suggests that the day ahead will be unsettled, esp. as red sky at night, shepherd's (also sailor's) delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's (also sailor's) warning. [The belief is reflected in the Bible, Matthew 16:2, which the proverb is probably ultimately based on. Compare: a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xvi. 2 Whanne the euentid is comun, ȝe seien, ‘It schal be clere, for heuene is rodi’; and the morewtid, ‘To dai tempest, for heuene schyneth heueli’. 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xvi. 2 When it is euening, yee say, It will bee faire weather: for the skie is red. And in the morning, It will be foule weather to day: for the skie is red and lowring. ] ΚΠ 1893 R. Inwards Weather Lore 53 Sky red in the morning Is a sailor's sure warning, Sky red at night is the sailor's delight. 1920 Punch 14 July 36 Red sky at night, shepherd's delight... Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning. 1970 P. West I'm Expecting to Live Quite Soon 196 What's weather to do with it? Red sky at morning, shepherd's warning. Red sky at night, shepherd's delight. 1991 V. Bugliosi Sea will Tell v. 58 In the stillness, Buck said, ‘Red sky at night, sailor's delight.’ Jennifer knew the rest. ‘Red sky in the morning, sailor's warning.’ The famous old saw was suddenly a special shared moment. 2001 M. Bragg Son of War xxii. 226 ‘Red sky at night: shepherd's delight’. I thought you'd have noticed it. P8. to see red: to become very angry; to lose self-control. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry wrethec900 wrothc975 abelghec1300 to move one's blood (also mood)c1330 to peck moodc1330 gremec1460 to take firea1513 fumec1522 sourdc1540 spitec1560 to set up the heckle1601 fire1604 exasperate1659 to fire up1779 to flash up1822 to get one's dander up1831 to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle1832 to have (also get) one's monkey up1833 to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837 rile1837 to go off the handle1839 to flare up1840 to set one's back up1845 to run hot1855 to wax up1859 to get one's rag out1862 blow1871 to get (also have) the pricker1871 to turn up rough1872 to get the needle1874 to blaze up1878 to get wet1898 spunk1898 to see red1901 to go crook1911 to get ignorant1913 to hit the ceiling1914 to hit the roof1921 to blow one's top1928 to lose one's rag1928 to lose one's haira1930 to go up in smoke1933 hackle1935 to have, get a cob on1937 to pop (also blow) one's cork1938 to go hostile1941 to go sparec1942 to do one's bun1944 to lose one's wool1944 to blow one's stack1947 to go (also do) one's (also a) dingerc1950 rear1953 to get on ignorant1956 to go through the roof1958 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 to lose ita1969 to blow a gasket1975 to throw a wobbler1985 1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel xiii. 292 I began, as the American expression is, to see things red.] 1901 ‘L. Malet’ Hist. Richard Calmady i. v. 39 Happily violence is shortlived, only for a very little while do even the gentlest persons ‘see red’. 1923 Daily Mail 19 June 15 It maddened me, I think, and I saw red—and before I knew what I was doing I stabbed him. 1977 Daily Mirror 15 Mar. 2 (heading) MPs see red over soaring prices. 2001 S. Armitage Little Green Man (2002) iii. 11 If he ever saw red it was best to stand well back. P9. reds under the bed and variants: denoting an exaggerated or obsessive fear of the presence and harmful influence of communist sympathizers in a particular society, institution, etc. Also attributive: designating an outbreak of such a fear. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > fear of communism reds under the bed1927 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 165/1 The marvel is that the organs of capitalism..should still see Reds under the bed. 1932 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 24 Oct. 6/5 The red is almost invisible in the present presidential race and we had hoped that this would stop the hysterical who have been seeing reds under every bed and in every closet. 1952 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 23 Aug. 10/1 Seeing reds under every bed certainly is not as bad as the opposite assumption, namely, that there is no Communist problem. 1972 Times 24 May 16/3 This sort of ‘reds under the bed’ scare..could only be counter-productive. 2004 Prediction Apr. 74/1 America and the rest of the western world were in such a state during the 1950s and 1960s, due to the Cold War. ‘Reds under the bed’ was the order of the day. P10. better dead than red: used to express unconditional opposition to communism, esp. in the context of a possible nuclear war. Also better red than dead: used esp. by opponents of nuclear weapons to warn against uncompromising opposition to communism. [Compare German lieber tot als rot, which is frequently posited as the model for the English phrase (and is sometimes asserted to have been coined by Josef Goebbels during the Second World War), although there is no evidence that it in fact antedates the English use.] ΚΠ 1958 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 1 Aug. d64/1 The popular phrase ‘better red than dead’ has lost what appeal it ever had. 1961 Times 14 Aug. 6/1 I cannot believe that it is proper for a Bishop of the Church to encourage the idea which is commonly expressed in the formula ‘Better dead than red’. 1981 Times 3 Mar. 13/2 Anything is better than the horrors of nuclear war;..better red than dead. 1992 Publishers Weekly Summer 100/3 (heading) Better Dead Than Red!: A Nostalgic Look at the Golden Years of Russiaphobia, Red-Baiting, and Other Commie Madness. P11. (both) red and expert: (in China) designating a loyal communist who possesses professional or technical expertise. [After Chinese yòu hóng yòu zhuān (Mao Zedong 1957; < yòu..yòu both..and + hóng red + zhuān expert, specialist).] ΚΠ 1958 Times 18 Mar. 9/3 Change..from bourgeois intellectuals into working-class intellectuals who are both ‘red’ and expert. 1972 J. Dreyer in R. A. Scalapino Elites in People's Republic China 430 The Party's task was to expand this..elite which was both Red and expert. 2002 Theory & Society 31 491 Most of them have the outside appearance of being ‘red and expert’. extracted from redadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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