the tooter the sweeterphr.

Brit.

/ðə ˌtuːtə ðə ˈswiːtə/, U.S.

/ðə ˌtudər ðə ˈswidər/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: the sooner the better at better adj., n.¹, and adv. Phrases 3.

Etymology: Alteration of the sooner the better at better adj., n.¹, and adv. Phrases 3 after toot sweet adv.

‘The sooner the better’: used as a comparative of toot sweet adv., typically to intensify a preceding use of the positive form.

ΚΠ

1917 Punch 5 Dec. 389 (caption) Tommy (to inquisitive French children): ‘Nah, then, alley toot sweet, an' the tooter the sweeter.’

1919 H. M. Kramer With Seeing Eyes viii. 143 So when one heard the whistle of a bomb he ‘hit the ground’, to use a soldier expression, ‘toot sweet—and the tooter the sweeter’.

1960 N. E. Jacob Search for Background iv. 54 There's a message from your dad, to go to Mr Oswald's office as soon as you get here. As we used to say in the first war—the tooter the sweeter.

2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 2 June 16 Greetings, mine honest tapster..furnish me toot sweet—and the tooter the sweeter—with a pint of your finest industrial-strength sheep dip.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	the tooter the sweeter
释义	the tooter the sweeterphr. Brit. /ðə ˌtuːtə ðə ˈswiːtə/, U.S. /ðə ˌtudər ðə ˈswidər/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: the sooner the better at better adj., n.¹, and adv. Phrases 3. Etymology: Alteration of the sooner the better at better adj., n.¹, and adv. Phrases 3 after toot sweet adv. ‘The sooner the better’: used as a comparative of toot sweet adv., typically to intensify a preceding use of the positive form. ΚΠ 1917 Punch 5 Dec. 389 (caption) Tommy (to inquisitive French children): ‘Nah, then, alley toot sweet, an' the tooter the sweeter.’ 1919 H. M. Kramer With Seeing Eyes viii. 143 So when one heard the whistle of a bomb he ‘hit the ground’, to use a soldier expression, ‘toot sweet—and the tooter the sweeter’. 1960 N. E. Jacob Search for Background iv. 54 There's a message from your dad, to go to Mr Oswald's office as soon as you get here. As we used to say in the first war—the tooter the sweeter. 2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 2 June 16 Greetings, mine honest tapster..furnish me toot sweet—and the tooter the sweeter—with a pint of your finest industrial-strength sheep dip. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.1917
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