单词 | to watch someone's smoke |
释义 | > as lemmasto watch someone's smoke i. to watch someone's smoke (slang, originally U.S.), to watch someone go, to observe someone's actions; chiefly imperative in watch my smoke. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > observe or watch > follow with eyes to watch someone's smoke1905 1905 G. W. Peck Peck's Bad Boy with Circus ix. 114 The elephant..winked at the other elephants, as much as to say: ‘Watch my smoke.’ 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 70 Watch my smoke. 1921 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean i. 10 Suspend judgement and watch my smoke. That's all I ask. 1927 P. G. Wodehouse Meet Mr. Mulliner iii. 82 ‘You are a curate, eh?’ ‘At present. But,’ said Augustine, tapping his companion on the chest, ‘just watch my smoke.’ 1928 C. Sandburg Good Morning, Amer. 18 Let's go. Watch our smoke. Excuse our dust. 1947 P. G. Wodehouse Full Moon ii. 27 Look at Henry the Eighth... And Solomon. Once they started marrying, there was no holding them—you just sat back and watched their smoke. < as lemmas |
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