英语词汇“big is beautiful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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P1. to get (also grow, etc.) too big for one's boots (also breeches, etc.): to develop too high an opinion of oneself; to become conceited, put on airs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > be proud [verb (intransitive)] > grow proud

to get (also grow, etc.) too big for one's boots (also breeches, etc.)1835

1835 D. Crockett Acct. Col. Crockett's Tour 152 When a man gets too big for his breeches, I say Good-bye.

1893 H. Maxwell Life W. H. Smith I. ii. 57 Sometimes a young man, ‘too big for his boots’, would..sniff at being put in charge of a railway bookstall.

1905 H. G. Wells Kipps iii. ii. §1 He's getting too big for 'is britches.

1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 270 You're getting a little too big for your pants.

1944 Fortune Mar. 89/1 (advt.) If we had put the heat on Congress to keep up the Army and Navy,..do you think the krauts would have gotten too big for their breeches?

1952 M. Laski Village xv A young man who was getting too big for his boots.

1998 Independent 16 Apr. ii. 1/3 As he sees it, the Met had to draw a line in the sand with two singers who had got too big for their boots.

P2. Originally U.S. the bigger they are, the harder they fall and variants: used proverbially to suggest that the effects of a downfall or defeat are more severe or humiliating for those of great power or prominence.Quot. 1899 also carries a literal meaning in the context of a boxing match.

ΚΠ

1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) sig. r.vii^v It is more synne in the man For the higher degre ye harder is ye fal.]

1899 Chicago Tribune 4 June 15/1 ‘The bigger they are the heavier they fall,’ says Fitz [i.e. the boxer Robert Fitzsimmons].

1932 Extension Mag. Feb. 51 (advt.) Napoleon beat them all!—the bigger they came, the harder they fell!

1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Dec. a1 The larger farms, he explained, go deeply into debt in order to expand and borrow on their land in bad seasons. ‘I guess..the bigger you are, the harder you fall.’

2008 Independent (Nexis) 21 Feb. 46 The bigger they are, the harder they fall—or in rugby union's case, the harder they take being dropped.

P3. in a big way: see way n.¹ and int.¹ Phrases 7h(b).

P4. to make it big: to succeed; to become (highly) successful in one's business or career. Cf. to make it at make v.¹ 52e.

ΚΠ

1957 Chicago Tribune 2 Mar. (TV Week section) 4/3 A certain actor who never made it big in show business.

1974 J. Willwerth Jones: Portrait of Mugger i. 18 He wants to make it big. He thinks about having the green, and he has plans and schemes.

1989 R. Kenan Visitation of Spirits 216 The lead..had gone to New York to make it big.

2005 Campaign 11 Feb. 14/4 [A] business-reality show in which 14 wannabe entrepreneurs try to make it big.

P5. big is beautiful.

a. Used (esp. as a slogan) to affirm the physical attractiveness of people who are overweight or who do not have a slender or petite figure. Cf. black is beautiful at black adj. and n. Phrases 9.

ΚΠ

1969 Winnipeg Free Press 29 Mar. 54/7 Some of the curlers weighed in at close to 400 pounds... The Shopsowitz rink came as..hippies. On the back of each..was a sign that read: Big is Beautiful.

1994 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 Mar. Most of us cringe at the proud-to-be-fat boast. I myself have never subscribed to the Big is Beautiful movement.

2005 W. Martino & M. Pallotta-Chiarolli Being Normal is Only Way to Be iv. 103 They publish stories about how..big is beautiful yet they persistently use absurdly skinny..models.

b. Used to express a belief that large-scale institutions, systems, etc., are more effective or desirable than small-scale ones. Frequently attributive. Cf. small is beautiful at small adj. and n.² Phrases 8.

ΚΠ

1972 Drilling 7 Oct. 98 Don't yammer at us about the menacing big rich and the giant corporations. We live in a world where giant accomplishment takes giant investment... In a world like that, big is beautiful.

1987 Economist 14 Mar. 20/2 The DOE is still a relic of Whitehall's big-is-beautiful philosophy of the early 1970s.

2012 Airline Business (Nexis) 23 Nov. Airline executives hell-bent on growing their businesses through acquisitions and ‘big is beautiful’ consolidation strategies have found life difficult of late.

单词	big is beautiful
释义	> as lemmas big is beautiful Phrases P1. to get (also grow, etc.) too big for one's boots (also breeches, etc.): to develop too high an opinion of oneself; to become conceited, put on airs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > be proud [verb (intransitive)] > grow proud to get (also grow, etc.) too big for one's boots (also breeches, etc.)1835 1835 D. Crockett Acct. Col. Crockett's Tour 152 When a man gets too big for his breeches, I say Good-bye. 1893 H. Maxwell Life W. H. Smith I. ii. 57 Sometimes a young man, ‘too big for his boots’, would..sniff at being put in charge of a railway bookstall. 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps iii. ii. §1 He's getting too big for 'is britches. 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 270 You're getting a little too big for your pants. 1944 Fortune Mar. 89/1 (advt.) If we had put the heat on Congress to keep up the Army and Navy,..do you think the krauts would have gotten too big for their breeches? 1952 M. Laski Village xv A young man who was getting too big for his boots. 1998 Independent 16 Apr. ii. 1/3 As he sees it, the Met had to draw a line in the sand with two singers who had got too big for their boots. P2. Originally U.S. the bigger they are, the harder they fall and variants: used proverbially to suggest that the effects of a downfall or defeat are more severe or humiliating for those of great power or prominence.Quot. 1899 also carries a literal meaning in the context of a boxing match. ΚΠ 1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) sig. r.vii^v It is more synne in the man For the higher degre ye harder is ye fal.] 1899 Chicago Tribune 4 June 15/1 ‘The bigger they are the heavier they fall,’ says Fitz [i.e. the boxer Robert Fitzsimmons]. 1932 Extension Mag. Feb. 51 (advt.) Napoleon beat them all!—the bigger they came, the harder they fell! 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Dec. a1 The larger farms, he explained, go deeply into debt in order to expand and borrow on their land in bad seasons. ‘I guess..the bigger you are, the harder you fall.’ 2008 Independent (Nexis) 21 Feb. 46 The bigger they are, the harder they fall—or in rugby union's case, the harder they take being dropped. P3. in a big way: see way n.¹ and int.¹ Phrases 7h(b). P4. to make it big: to succeed; to become (highly) successful in one's business or career. Cf. to make it at make v.¹ 52e. ΚΠ 1957 Chicago Tribune 2 Mar. (TV Week section) 4/3 A certain actor who never made it big in show business. 1974 J. Willwerth Jones: Portrait of Mugger i. 18 He wants to make it big. He thinks about having the green, and he has plans and schemes. 1989 R. Kenan Visitation of Spirits 216 The lead..had gone to New York to make it big. 2005 Campaign 11 Feb. 14/4 [A] business-reality show in which 14 wannabe entrepreneurs try to make it big. P5. big is beautiful. a. Used (esp. as a slogan) to affirm the physical attractiveness of people who are overweight or who do not have a slender or petite figure. Cf. black is beautiful at black adj. and n. Phrases 9. ΚΠ 1969 Winnipeg Free Press 29 Mar. 54/7 Some of the curlers weighed in at close to 400 pounds... The Shopsowitz rink came as..hippies. On the back of each..was a sign that read: Big is Beautiful. 1994 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 Mar. Most of us cringe at the proud-to-be-fat boast. I myself have never subscribed to the Big is Beautiful movement. 2005 W. Martino & M. Pallotta-Chiarolli Being Normal is Only Way to Be iv. 103 They publish stories about how..big is beautiful yet they persistently use absurdly skinny..models. b. Used to express a belief that large-scale institutions, systems, etc., are more effective or desirable than small-scale ones. Frequently attributive. Cf. small is beautiful at small adj. and n.² Phrases 8. ΚΠ 1972 Drilling 7 Oct. 98 Don't yammer at us about the menacing big rich and the giant corporations. We live in a world where giant accomplishment takes giant investment... In a world like that, big is beautiful. 1987 Economist 14 Mar. 20/2 The DOE is still a relic of Whitehall's big-is-beautiful philosophy of the early 1970s. 2012 Airline Business (Nexis) 23 Nov. Airline executives hell-bent on growing their businesses through acquisitions and ‘big is beautiful’ consolidation strategies have found life difficult of late. extracted from bigadj.adv. < as lemmas
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