| 单词 | to give a fair wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (something) a fair wind f. to give (something) a fair wind. Cf. sense A. 7b. extracted from fairadj.n.1 (a) To give (something) favourable treatment or attention. ΚΠ 1923 Proc. Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of District of Columbia 113 514 He approves of the Boys Order of De Molay, and will give it a fair wind in Montana. 1955 H. Macmillan Diary 13 July (2003) 447 I have also asked our P.M. to send a personal message to Nehru, asking him to give it a fair wind in Peking. 1992 Independent 7 Mar. (Mag.) 46/2 He gives the Anglo-Irish agreement a very gloomy outlook, and he only allowed it a few grudging words at the outset because Willie Whitelaw asked him to ‘give it a fair wind’. (b) Nautical. In imperative: used to ask someone to pass the salt, pepper, etc., during a meal. ΚΠ 1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 46 Give the salt a fair wind, please. 1945 D. Bolster Roll on my Twelve Gloss. 133 Give the mustard a fair wind, ‘Pass the mustard’. 1972 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 10 Mar. 4/7 Give the salt a fair wind—On board ship this simply meant ‘pass the salt’. 1989 R. Jolly Jackspeak 103 Give the salt and pepper a fair wind in this direction please. < as lemmas |
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