英语词汇“to see the elephant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to see the elephant (U.S. slang): to see life, the world, or the sights (as of a large city); to get experience of life, to gain knowledge by experience. Also to show or get a look at the elephant. (Cf. lion n. 4.)

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1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 10 That's sufficient, as Tom Haynes said when he saw the elephant.]

1844 G. W. Kendall Narr. Santa Fé Exped. I. 108 There is a cant expression, ‘I've seen the elephant’ in very common use in Texas.

1847 W. T. Porter Quarter Race Kentucky 87 I axed him if he'd ever seen the elephant.

1849 N. Kingsley Diary (1914) 86 [I] went up town and saw the Elephant, and it almost baffles description.

1849 T. T. Johnson Sights Gold Region 324 If you think we have not shown you enough of the elephant..please to mount him and take a view for yourself.

1857 O. W. Wight Quinland II. ii. xviii. 126 The ‘Fox and Crow’ is one of the famous sights in New York. It is never missed by the countryman or the foreigner, who is searching after the ‘elephant’.

1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds iii. 45 My friend Will Wylie, who had seen the elephant in its entirety, from trunk to tail.

1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 87 He makes his rounds every evening, while you and I see the elephant once a week.

1960 T. V. Olsen High Lawless (1961) iii. 30 Saturdays some of the boys from the three big outfits come in to see the elephant.

单词	to see the elephant
释义	> as lemmas to see the elephant d. to see the elephant (U.S. slang): to see life, the world, or the sights (as of a large city); to get experience of life, to gain knowledge by experience. Also to show or get a look at the elephant. (Cf. lion n. 4.) ΚΠ 1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 10 That's sufficient, as Tom Haynes said when he saw the elephant.] 1844 G. W. Kendall Narr. Santa Fé Exped. I. 108 There is a cant expression, ‘I've seen the elephant’ in very common use in Texas. 1847 W. T. Porter Quarter Race Kentucky 87 I axed him if he'd ever seen the elephant. 1849 N. Kingsley Diary (1914) 86 [I] went up town and saw the Elephant, and it almost baffles description. 1849 T. T. Johnson Sights Gold Region 324 If you think we have not shown you enough of the elephant..please to mount him and take a view for yourself. 1857 O. W. Wight Quinland II. ii. xviii. 126 The ‘Fox and Crow’ is one of the famous sights in New York. It is never missed by the countryman or the foreigner, who is searching after the ‘elephant’. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds iii. 45 My friend Will Wylie, who had seen the elephant in its entirety, from trunk to tail. 1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 87 He makes his rounds every evening, while you and I see the elephant once a week. 1960 T. V. Olsen High Lawless (1961) iii. 30 Saturdays some of the boys from the three big outfits come in to see the elephant. extracted from elephantn. < as lemmas
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