英语词汇“to call it like one sees it”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. colloquial (originally U.S.). to call it like (also as) one sees it: (a) Sport (of an umpire or similar official) to make or declare a decision honestly and self-confidently, based on one's view of the action; (b) (figurative and in extended use) to make decisions or judgements self-confidently; to express oneself in a manner true to one's own viewpoint or opinions; to be unsparingly frank or candid; cf. like (also as) one sees it at see v. Phrases 28. Also (and earliest) in to call them as (also like) one sees them.

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1895 Cincinnati (Ohio) Enquirer 14 July 2/1 No umpire is infallible, and Galvin was plainly ‘calling them as he saw them’.

1904 Shreveport (Louisiana) Times 21 May 5/3 George may see balls and strikes and some close decisions differently from those sitting at the far end of the stand, but he certainly is calling them as he sees them.

1922 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 25 Feb. 15/4 Maybe he [sc. the referee] erred in not concedin' the little Morgan boy a tie, but he called it like he saw it, an' you can't get any better service than that.

1932 W. Rogers in El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 17 Dec. 4/6 Now I read Politics, talk Politics... I'm going to be like an umpire, or referee. I am going to keep on doing the same as I have in the past. I am going to call em like I see em.

1939 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 26 May a11/2 Their leader [i.e. of the Senate Republicans], Charles L. McNary.., is a shrewd political opportunist who would rather call them as he sees them than worry about issues, principles and programs.

1979 Crisis Apr. 132/2 The artist..‘lives in the present and calls it as he sees it’.

1993 D. DeVenzio There's Only One Way to Win vii. 56 He simply did what every good referee tries to do: he calls 'em as he sees 'em.

2015 P. Slevin Michelle Obama xii. 258 [Michelle Obama] doesn't sugarcoat her perspective or dance around the issues. She just calls it like she sees it.

单词	to call it like one sees it
释义	> as lemmas to call it like (also as) one sees it b. colloquial (originally U.S.). to call it like (also as) one sees it: (a) Sport (of an umpire or similar official) to make or declare a decision honestly and self-confidently, based on one's view of the action; (b) (figurative and in extended use) to make decisions or judgements self-confidently; to express oneself in a manner true to one's own viewpoint or opinions; to be unsparingly frank or candid; cf. like (also as) one sees it at see v. Phrases 28. Also (and earliest) in to call them as (also like) one sees them. ΚΠ 1895 Cincinnati (Ohio) Enquirer 14 July 2/1 No umpire is infallible, and Galvin was plainly ‘calling them as he saw them’. 1904 Shreveport (Louisiana) Times 21 May 5/3 George may see balls and strikes and some close decisions differently from those sitting at the far end of the stand, but he certainly is calling them as he sees them. 1922 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 25 Feb. 15/4 Maybe he [sc. the referee] erred in not concedin' the little Morgan boy a tie, but he called it like he saw it, an' you can't get any better service than that. 1932 W. Rogers in El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 17 Dec. 4/6 Now I read Politics, talk Politics... I'm going to be like an umpire, or referee. I am going to keep on doing the same as I have in the past. I am going to call em like I see em. 1939 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 26 May a11/2 Their leader [i.e. of the Senate Republicans], Charles L. McNary.., is a shrewd political opportunist who would rather call them as he sees them than worry about issues, principles and programs. 1979 Crisis Apr. 132/2 The artist..‘lives in the present and calls it as he sees it’. 1993 D. DeVenzio There's Only One Way to Win vii. 56 He simply did what every good referee tries to do: he calls 'em as he sees 'em. 2015 P. Slevin Michelle Obama xii. 258 [Michelle Obama] doesn't sugarcoat her perspective or dance around the issues. She just calls it like she sees it. extracted from callv. < as lemmas
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