| 单词 | to know too much |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto know too much P30. to know too much: to be in possession of knowledge (esp. about criminal activity) which places the person at risk of being killed, imprisoned, etc. ΚΠ 1835 D. Crockett Acct. Col. Crockett's Tour 73 Jackson used these very men like dogs: they knew too much, and must be got rid of, or they would stop his profligacy too. 1853 W. B. Devereux Lives & Lett. Devereux Earls Essex I. x. 300 Philip..resolved to get rid of the servant who knew too much, and the favoured rival, at one blow. 1875 A. E. Young Wife No. 19 xv. 262 (heading) How ‘accidents’ happened to people who ‘knew too much’. 1922 G. K. Chesterton (title) The man who knew too much. 1953 A. Christie After the Funeral xxi. 163 ‘And why should anyone want to kill you, beautiful Rosamund?’.. ‘Because I know too much, of course.’ 1995 Entertainm. Weekly 7 Apr. 64/3 Mick..is dispatched by a fellow hood, George (Peter Boyle), to knock off Fiona (Mimi Rogers), a broad who knows too much. < as lemmas |
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