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单词 toothpaste
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toothpaste
toothpaste n. a paste used for cleaning the teeth; frequently attributive in toothpaste tube; also in figurative phrase to put the toothpaste back in the tube, illustrating the futility of trying to restore a stable state of affairs in the light of subsequent events.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the teeth > dentifrice
tooth-powder1542
dentifrice1558
rubber1558
tooth-blanch1585
tooth-soap1607
tooth-stick1729
toothpaste1832
tooth wash1871
the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > achieve the impossible [verb (intransitive)] > attempt the impossible
to be like getting blood out of (or from) a turnip1662
to put the toothpaste back in the tube1975
1832 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 1 607/3 (advt.) Seidlitz powders, chloride of soda, chlorine tooth paste.
1853 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 9) at Tooth Edge T[ooth] Paste, Dentifricium.
1966 A. Sachs Jail Diary vi. 62 I get up off the floor, fetch my toothpaste-tube.
1975 Listener 9 Jan. 44/3 Haldeman says to him: ‘John, you ought to think about that, because once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it is awfully hard to put it back again.’
1978 F. King Action xxxi. 105 Pinching at an exhausted toothpaste tube.
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