| 单词 | toothpaste tube |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoothpaste tube 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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