英语词汇“though i say it myself”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P4. In proverbial phrases used parenthetically to excuse an apparently boastful comment, as though I say it that should not, though I say it myself, etc.

ΚΠ

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 835 Al so ich segge bi mi solue, Betere is min on þan þine twelue.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvii. l. 17 For þough I seye it my-self I haue saued with þis charme Of men & of wommen many score þousandes.

?c1500 Killing of Children (Digby) l. 139 Though I sey it my-self I am a man of myght.

1599 George a Greene sig. C1 Though I say it that should not say it.

1606 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. If you know not Me (1609) C 3 Shall a yong man as I am, and though I say it, indifferent proper, goe [etc.].

1663 W. Clark Marciano i. v. 7 I protest, Mistress, you are very handsome, though I say it that should not say it.

1736 T. Sheridan in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 181 I have written a little pretty birth-day poem against St. Andrew's day... It is a very pretty thing (although I say it that shouldn't say it).

1746 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Feb. (1775) I. lxxvi. 227 A book that I published not quite fourteen years ago: it is a small quarto; and, though I say it myself, there is something good in it.

1818 Blackwood's Mag. 2 214/2 My adversary might find it, however, (though I say it that shouldn't say it) in the vulgar phrase, rather a tough job.

1842 C. Dickens Let. 1 May (1974) III. 229 I do believe, though I say it as shouldn't, that they [sc. Dickens's children] are good 'uns.

1892 C. M. Yonge Cross Roads i. 13 Ours is reckoned one of the best choirs..though I say it as should not say it.

1911 Watson's Mag. Nov. 990/2 You've had yer board and keep, an' it's not many men that's the pervider that I am, ef I do say it that shouldn't.

1991 A. Bennett Forty Years On & Other Plays (new ed.) Introd. 19 If only in a spirit of ‘I told you so’, I noted in the course of the eighties various news items.., which bore out the central thesis of the play and proved it to have been, though I say so myself, prophetic.

1996 T. Parker Violence of our Lives v. 185 I suppose though I say it myself I must have been a quick learner.

2008 C. Dunn Black Ship ix. 108 A finer body of men I couldn't wish for, though I say it as shouldn't.

单词	though i say it myself
释义	> as lemmas though I say it myself P4. In proverbial phrases used parenthetically to excuse an apparently boastful comment, as though I say it that should not, though I say it myself, etc. ΚΠ c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 835 Al so ich segge bi mi solue, Betere is min on þan þine twelue. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvii. l. 17 For þough I seye it my-self I haue saued with þis charme Of men & of wommen many score þousandes. ?c1500 Killing of Children (Digby) l. 139 Though I sey it my-self I am a man of myght. 1599 George a Greene sig. C1 Though I say it that should not say it. 1606 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. If you know not Me (1609) C 3 Shall a yong man as I am, and though I say it, indifferent proper, goe [etc.]. 1663 W. Clark Marciano i. v. 7 I protest, Mistress, you are very handsome, though I say it that should not say it. 1736 T. Sheridan in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 181 I have written a little pretty birth-day poem against St. Andrew's day... It is a very pretty thing (although I say it that shouldn't say it). 1746 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Feb. (1775) I. lxxvi. 227 A book that I published not quite fourteen years ago: it is a small quarto; and, though I say it myself, there is something good in it. 1818 Blackwood's Mag. 2 214/2 My adversary might find it, however, (though I say it that shouldn't say it) in the vulgar phrase, rather a tough job. 1842 C. Dickens Let. 1 May (1974) III. 229 I do believe, though I say it as shouldn't, that they [sc. Dickens's children] are good 'uns. 1892 C. M. Yonge Cross Roads i. 13 Ours is reckoned one of the best choirs..though I say it as should not say it. 1911 Watson's Mag. Nov. 990/2 You've had yer board and keep, an' it's not many men that's the pervider that I am, ef I do say it that shouldn't. 1991 A. Bennett Forty Years On & Other Plays (new ed.) Introd. 19 If only in a spirit of ‘I told you so’, I noted in the course of the eighties various news items.., which bore out the central thesis of the play and proved it to have been, though I say so myself, prophetic. 1996 T. Parker Violence of our Lives v. 185 I suppose though I say it myself I must have been a quick learner. 2008 C. Dunn Black Ship ix. 108 A finer body of men I couldn't wish for, though I say it as shouldn't. extracted from sayv.¹int. < as lemmas
随便看	taborin taborine taborines taboring taborins taborite taborlike taborn taborner tabors taborstick tabot tabouleh tabouli taboulis tabour taboured tabourer tabourers tabouret tabourets tabourin tabourine tabouring tabourins

> as lemmas