| 单词 | to get on the good side of a person |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get (also be, keep, etc.) on the good side of a person (i) Originally U.S. to get (also be, keep, etc.) on the good side of a person: to gain a person's favour; (also) to be, remain, etc., in a person's favour; = to get (also stay, etc.) (on) the right side of someone at right side n. 7a. Similarly to get (also be, etc.) on the wrong (also bad) side of a person: to fall or be out of favour with a person. ΚΠ 1843 ‘M. Tensas’ Odd Leaves from Louisiana ‘Swamp Doctor’ 71 I had letters of introduction for the old chap; and I thought I'd deliver them early, and get on his good side. 1888 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 13 Oct. 4/5 No boy who wants to keep on her good side should ever speak disrespectfully of the tariff. 1896 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Aug. 345/1 I reckon he's somebody they think they better be on the good side of. 1935 W. S. Maugham Don Fernando xi. 233 He got on the wrong side of most of the people he had to do with and was forced to resign. 1971 B. Head Maru i. 92 They were on his bad side and..life was not worth living if you were on the bad side of Maru. 1994 J. Welter Night of Avenging Blowfish 182 ‘Don't get on my bad side, Doyle.’ ‘It's too late to avoid that side.’ 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo i. 16 ‘Little Plum, your Redskin Chum,’ a corner boy might quip as herself and the butcher passed on the street, but sotto voce, for you didn't get on the wrong side of Magee. 2003 G. Joseph Big Smoke x. 103 He's..looking for a leg-up. He'll do anything to get on my good side. < as lemmas |
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