单词 | to kiss goodbye |
释义 | > as lemmasto kiss (also wave) goodbye Phrases P1. to say (also bid, etc.) goodbye. a. To say farewell (with or without implication that the word goodbye is actually spoken); to take one's leave. ΚΠ 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. ii. 152 He flings up his tail..and so bids us good-b'wy. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. cxvii. 371 His sisters both drove away yesterday, God be thanked. But they asked not my leave; and hardly bid me good-bye. 1764 F. C. Sheridan Dupe v. iii. 60 I am this minute going to leave town, Friendly; and am glad I have met you to bid you good-bye. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 122 We then bade Ulrich good-bye, and went forward. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time x. 87 Then he said good-bye to me..and so left me. 1958 B. Wilder & I. A. L. Diamond Some like it Hot (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 139 We can't just walk out on her without saying goodbye. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day ii. 39 He said goodbye to the men in the Forces, speaking with a warmth, a conviction, an utter lack of theatricality. 1966 B. Brophy Don't never Forget 30 Divorce is an excellent solution when both married people want to say goodbye. 2007 W. Cane Kiss like Star 55 When all's said and done, saying goodbye with a kiss is really quite romantic. b. With to. To finish with or get rid of (something); to consign (something) to the past, typically with relief. Cf. sense B. 2, Phrases 2b. ΚΠ 1751 J. Hill Adventures Mr. George Edwards ii. 17 The Mother of Mr Jeremy lived to fee him in his forty-eighth Year; at which Period she bid good bye to this troublesome Life. 1857 R. Glisan Jrnl. Army Life (1874) viii. 86 I shall be able to say good bye to the messpots of Uncle Sam. 1932 Pop. Mech. Feb. 11 (advt.) Say good-bye to twenty-five and thirty-five dollars a week. Let me show you how to qualify for real money-making jobs. 1966 Guardian 8 July 1/2 The Royal Navy laid the No. 4 short magazine Lee-Enfield ·303 service rifle to rest... The Army and the Royal Marines said goodbye to the rifle a few years ago. 1975 Ebony Jan. 94/1 Our standard and the new 4-Application Home Perm Kits, used with a hot comb lets you say goodbye to those worries of damaging your hair. 1992 Financial Times 22 Feb. p. I/3 Tokyo housewives have said goodbye to investment trusts, which are the Japanese mutual funds. P2. to kiss (also wave) goodbye. a. To say farewell or take one's leave with a gesture or action of the specified kind. Also to smile (hug, etc.) goodbye. ΚΠ 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxiii. 230 We see visiting young ladies stand on the stoop, and laugh, and kiss good-bye, and flirt their fans and say ‘Come soon—now do’. 1935 C. Day Lewis Time to Dance & Other Poems 33 On January 8, 1920, their curveting wheels kissed England goodbye. 1959 Listener 8 Jan. 50/1 It would be exaggerating the trend to say that the Chinese are almost ready to kiss the Soviet experts goodbye. 1967 Hovercraft World Jan.–Apr. 14/1 We waved good-bye..at 10.15 hours heading for Wexford, 75 miles away. 1987 D. Simpson Elem. of Doubt (1988) xiii. 153 Joan kissed him goodbye as usual, but there was no warmth in it, merely a brief contact of flesh against flesh, as impersonal as a social kiss at a party. 1991 C. James Brrm! Brrm! (1992) vii. 86 Lilian..had smiled goodbye and gone. 2001 Times 5 Mar. i. 4/8 Malcolm..waved goodbye to passengers aboard the cruise liner Paradise. b. With to, or with the verb taking a direct object. To finish with, get rid of, consign to the past; (chiefly with negative implications) to resign oneself to losing or forfeiting (something). Cf. sense B. 2, Phrases 1b. ΚΠ 1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 July 10/3 Give us the Covent Garden ‘Nozze’ of this season, and we are content to kiss good-bye to many deficiencies. 1926 World's Work Sept. 576/2 [The majority] have ‘kissed their money goodbye’. 1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral ix. 209 I'll tell Proctor he can kiss his truck good-bye for the rest of the day. 1970 V. Gielgud Candle-holders v. 45 If she chooses one of the Eltham team for a partner, poor George can kiss the trophy goodbye. 1971 A. Hailey Wheels ii. 28 You can stuff a surrender flag up your ass and wave goodbye to any discipline around this place from this day on. 1987 A. Miller Timebends (1988) vi. 404 Privately, I thanked my stars that I worked in the theatre, where there was no blacklist; as a film writer, I would now be kissing my career goodbye. 2007 Esquire Oct. 128/1 Once eye contact is established, you can kiss goodbye to being able to get lost in your own thoughts. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。