单词 | to have a soft corner for |
释义 | > as lemmasto have a soft corner for P4. to have a soft corner for and variants: = to have a soft spot for at soft spot n. Phrases. Now chiefly South Asian. ΚΠ 1927 ‘A. A. Horn’ & E. Lewis Trader Horn xix. 203 It's in the make-up of the natural man that he keeps a soft corner for a bit of a battle. 1967 Link (Delhi) 15 Aug. in Asian Surv. (1969) Nov. 802 Even policemen seem to have a soft corner for Kanu, the misguided dreamer. 1988 Mod. Asian Stud. 22 560 He had clearly a soft corner for Phoonsen, a man more sinned against than sinning. 2006 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 15 Apr. People of north Kolkata have a soft corner for sweets. < as lemmas |
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