单词 | to see any green in one's eye |
释义 | > as lemmasto see any green in one's eye b. to see any green in one's eye: to detect any indication of inexperience or gullibility (frequently in rhetorical questions). Similarly there is no green in one's eye. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun] > innocence or inexperience viridity1825 to see any green in one's eye1842 verdancy1849 verdure1861 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [noun] > instance of simplicity1574 niaiserie1832 to see any green in one's eye1842 1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 431/1 The men..now inquired, with expressive gestures, whether he saw any green in their eyes. 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (at cited word) ‘Do you see any green in my eye?’ ironical question in a dispute. 1883 G. D. Atkin House Scraps (1887) 161 Major P——'s unco' sly, There is no green about his eye. 1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross II. iii. 50 Sergeant, do you see any green in my eye? 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xxii. 219 The governor, however, hadn't any green in his eye, so in despair Andy smuggled a letter to Dr John Dunmore Lang. 1966 O. Norton School of Liars vi. 106 ‘You don't have to believe all you hear.’.. He leant forward and pulled down his lower eyelid. ‘See any green, Mrs Sumner?’ 2000 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 13 Apr. 31 ‘There is no green in my eye’ was once a common retort to something said that didn't ring true. < as lemmas |
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