| 单词 | safe thing |
| 释义 | > as lemmassafe thing (b) colloquial. attributive, as safe first, safe thing, etc. Cf. safe bet n. at Compounds 2, sure thing n. ΚΠ 1859 T. Hughes in Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 91/2 He'll be a safe first, though I don't believe he reads more than you or I. 1875 M. E. Braddon Hostages to Fortune II. x. 151 They say he's dipped deeply in this Bolivian business, and that it's a safe thing. 1892 Chambers's Jrnl. 3 Dec. 774/2 He was a safe First in History, and hot favourite for the Lothian. 1900 W. E. W. Collins Scholar of College viii. 118 It by no means followed as a matter of course that a scholarship at St Hilary's implied a safe first in Moderations. 1913 E. Wharton Custom of Country xxxiv. 453 Her manifest ignorance of business methods had the effect of making his vagueness appear less vague. ‘Anyhow, he seems to be sure it's a safe thing.’ 1973 Routledge Dict. Hist. Slang 791/1 ‘He is a safe second’, i.e. he is sure to obtain second-class honours. < as lemmas |
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