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单词 to be dog at
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to be (a) dog at
P9. to be (a) dog at: to be experienced in or adept at. Also to be (an) old dog at: see old dog n. at old adj. Compounds 6. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > be skilled or versed in [verb (transitive)] > be experienced in
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to be (a) dog at?1589
?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 5v Oh he is olde dogge at expounding, and deade sure at a Catechisme.
1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie 33 He is dog at recognisances and statutes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. iv. 12 To be, as it were, a dog at all things. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 59 I am dogge at a Catch. View more context for this quotation
1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It Prelim. Scene 5 Ah, Sir Roger, you are old Dog at these things.
?1800 Brit. Jester 108 I could as soon leap over a church steeple as pray extempore;..[but] I am an old dog at the common prayer.
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