英语词汇“to know enough to come in when it rains”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. to know enough to come (or go) in when it rainsand variants (chiefly U.S.): to have adequate common sense or intelligence; frequently in negative contexts. Cf. to know enough to come in out of the rain at rain n.¹ Phrases 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be sensible [phrase]

on one's feetOE

an old head on (also upon) young shoulders1591

to know enough to come in out of the rain1599

to have the (good) sense to (do something)1620

to have a (good, wise, etc.) head on (also upon) one's shoulders1659

to know enough to come (or go) in when it rains1797

to come (also get) down to brass tacks (or nails)1897

1797 New Hampsh. & Vermont Jrnl. 14 Feb. 4/1 Of wit I brag not, yet with brains Enough to walk in, when it rains.

a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) iii. 36 He was a saftly feller—dident scarcely know enough to go in when it rained.

1866 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. from Sandwich Islands (1937) 84 A..majority..that knew just about enough to come in when it rained.

1908 J. Conrad Let. 23 Mar. in Lett. (1990) IV. 108 It is enough to make one wonder whether the man understands the words he writes—whether he has sense and judgment enough to come in when it rains?

1923 E. F. Wyatt Invisible Gods i. ii. 19 Hetherington Marshfield, who doesn't know enough to go in when it rains!

1972 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 9 Aug. 4 a/5 The question is whether General Giap knows enough to come in when it rains—or before some of that rain spills out through the gaps in broken dikes.

单词	to know enough to come in when it rains
释义	> as lemmas to know enough to come (or go) in when it rains P3. to know enough to come (or go) in when it rainsand variants (chiefly U.S.): to have adequate common sense or intelligence; frequently in negative contexts. Cf. to know enough to come in out of the rain at rain n.¹ Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be sensible [phrase] on one's feetOE an old head on (also upon) young shoulders1591 to know enough to come in out of the rain1599 to have the (good) sense to (do something)1620 to have a (good, wise, etc.) head on (also upon) one's shoulders1659 to know enough to come (or go) in when it rains1797 to come (also get) down to brass tacks (or nails)1897 1797 New Hampsh. & Vermont Jrnl. 14 Feb. 4/1 Of wit I brag not, yet with brains Enough to walk in, when it rains. a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) iii. 36 He was a saftly feller—dident scarcely know enough to go in when it rained. 1866 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. from Sandwich Islands (1937) 84 A..majority..that knew just about enough to come in when it rained. 1908 J. Conrad Let. 23 Mar. in Lett. (1990) IV. 108 It is enough to make one wonder whether the man understands the words he writes—whether he has sense and judgment enough to come in when it rains? 1923 E. F. Wyatt Invisible Gods i. ii. 19 Hetherington Marshfield, who doesn't know enough to go in when it rains! 1972 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 9 Aug. 4 a/5 The question is whether General Giap knows enough to come in when it rains—or before some of that rain spills out through the gaps in broken dikes. extracted from rainv. < as lemmas
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