| 单词 | to get a person's number |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get (also take, etc.) a person's number P7. figurative. to get (also take, etc.) a person's number: to have or make an accurate assessment of a person's true character, motives, weaknesses, etc. Cf. measure n. 12b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > take the measure of measure?a1425 gauge1583 to sum up1631 measure1684 to touch off1766 to take (also get) the measure of1790 to get (also take, etc.) a person's number1853 reckon1853 to put up1864 size1884 to weigh up1894 to read the room1975 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House lvii. 550 Whenever a person proclaims to you ‘In worldly matters I'm a child,’..that person is only a crying off from being held accountable, and..you have got that person's number, and it's Number One. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxxiv. 450 Let him go, for the present: I took his number, so to speak. 1908 N.Y. American 9 Aug. s1/1 We have their number now..and they are due for a cleaning. 1920 W. Hard Raymond Robins' Own Story 190 To hurt Bolshevism you need at least to get its number. 1970 G. Jackson Let. 29 May in Soledad Brother (1971) 265 Big Brother. He is rather transparent. I have his number. 1990 Independent 30 Jan. 19 She soon got the number of the football authorities... They were..forever telling her why something could not be done. < as lemmas |
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