| 单词 | when it's at home |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhen it's (also he's, she's, etc.) at home (g) colloquial. when it's (also he's, she's, etc.) at home: used in interrogative phrases expressing (frequently scornful) doubt or a query about the identity of a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of expressing contempt > vocally > specific utterance > in phrase expressing doubts about identity when it's (also he's, she's, etc.) at home1845 1845 C. Lever St. Patrick's Eve 95 ‘And who is Mr. Lucas when he's at home?’ said Owen, half-sneeringly. 1888 R. Kipling Taking Lungtungpen in Plain Tales from Hills 99 You..dimonstrate to my frind here, where your frinds are whan they're at home? 1889 Jrnl. Jurispr. 33 631 ‘And what room is this when it's at home?’ inquired Binks. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement ii. 64 ‘And we can't all look like Mr. Ronald Mawlborough either.’ ‘Who's he when he's at home?’ Mr. Smeeth inquired. 1960 R. Collier House called Memory viii. 112 Peachy? I have no idea what you mean. What's that when it's at home? 2001 J. Coe Rotters' Club (2002) 142 ‘Quick and easy crossword’. I ask you! I mean, what's a ‘condition of perfect bliss’, when it's at home? < as lemmas |
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