| 单词 | to have seen everything |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have seen everything a. to have seen everything, to have seen it all (before), and variants: to have experienced all possible events and situations, to be worldly-wise; (also) to be thoroughly familiar with a particular situation.Sometimes used to indicate resignation or boredom that there is nothing new to experience. ΚΠ 1675 tr. J. de Caillières Courtier's Calling i. iv. 25 Truly there is nothing more irksome than to give ear to those people who have seen every thing, who understand every thing, and who have done every thing. 1828 H. Smith Zillah II. viii. 248 They say, that he who has seen Rome has seen everything. 1869 J. G. Austin Cipher xxvii. 119 Heigho! What more is there of life? I believe I have seen it all, and une vie réchauffée must be the tamest of all feasts. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 209 Pot gave me a sense of something new about the time I was convinced I had seen it all. 1984 Guardian 20 Sept. 17/3 In eight years as leader, he'd seen it all before. He could predict every question and every answer. 2002 B. Hoey Her Majesty xi. 166 She has this wealth of past experience and she has seen it all, so they would be foolish not to seek her advice. < as lemmas |
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