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单词 to give a person ideas
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to give a person ideas
a. to put ideas into (also in) a person's head (also to give a person ideas): to give a person notions of a particular kind, usually considered undesirable or harmful.
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1810 Lady's Monthly Museum Dec. 314 These hints naturally put ideas in the heads of the young people.
1840 J. R. Waddington Monk & Married Man II. xix. 300 Don't go and put any absurd ideas of prudence into Mr. Allison's head.
1854 P. B. St. John Arctic Crusoe xxii. 178 What is the use of putting ideas in the head of that poor savage?
1910 H. G. Wells Hist. Mr. Polly ix. 262 If I leave her a moment he's talking to her, teaching her words and giving her ideas!
1935 M. de la Roche Young Renny xiv. 123 Mary has washed this child's offering. It will put these new germy ideas in his head.
1959 Punch 8 Apr. 474/1 Of all the nannyisms that have constrained the English middle classes the most inhibiting has been that favourite injunction about not putting ideas into the child's head.
1989 T. Parker Place called Bird viii. 98 There's one or two folk..would have been wise if they'd followed his example and not started giving themselves fancy ideas.
2009 School Libr. Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 Feb. 18 I wouldn't put it past some enterprising rights holders to try to make folks buy one [sc. a licence]—so don't give them any ideas!
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