单词 | to turn around and say |
释义 | > as lemmasto turn around and say (something) 3. intransitive. colloquial. To express an opposing, uncompromising, or combative point of view, esp. abruptly, unexpectedly, or in contrast to a view previously expressed. Frequently in to turn around and say (something).Cf. to turn round 5 at Phrasal verbs 1. Π 1838 Methodist Mag. & Q. Rev. Jan. 50 Mr. Scott turns around and says that Mr. Winans held that slavery was a divine institution, always right, and perpetually established. 1852 H. H. Paul Dashes Amer. Humour 19 [She]..has no more turn for singin' than a cart-wheel, but she's so stuck up and saasy that if Jinny Lind even wuz to tell her she had no voice, du you know I 'bleve she'd turn around and tell her she had. 1902 Critique (Denver) Jan. 39 I can't do anything with that girl of mine... I told her not to eat lemons with that medicine she is taking, because it would salivate her, and she just turned around and said: ‘Wouldn't that make you spit?’ 1941 Congress. Rec. 87 iii. 2866/1 When a man running for the Presidency of the United States advocates certain policies, and then..turns around and says, ‘Well, what I said prior to the election was just so much campaign oratory’, how can anyone expect the American people to have faith in a party that nominates men of that kind? 1981 Smash Hits 11 June 6/2 The music business..went through a period..of saying: ‘You're going to pay five pounds for a piece of plastic that's worth 50p with no cover to speak of and no lyrics.’ And the kids just turned around and said ‘no’. 2022 @LadyofLeisure78 13 June in twitter.com (accessed 27 June 2022) If I worked out everytime my mom said no when I asked her if she needs help in the kitchen on a morning instead of going back to sleep, I'd be one fit mofo. Yet she turns around and says I don't help her in the house. < as lemmas |
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