| 单词 | who am i to talk? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswho am I to talk? f. In various colloquial phrases stating or implying that someone is in no position to criticize another, exemplified by the types: you can't talk!; (look, hark) who's talking!; who am I to talk?; I should talk! ΚΠ 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xli. 371 A person can't help their birth... I am sure Aunt Bute need not talk: she wants to marry Kate to young Hooper, the wine-merchant. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 224 ‘All you other men think of is to give him an absurd nickname.’.. ‘Well, you can't talk, William. You christened little Miss Demby the Button-quail.’ 1938 N. Marsh Artists in Crime ii. 24 You're paying his fare Home, of course. Well, I suppose I can't talk as you've given me the run of your house. 1945 A. Kober Parm Me 62 ‘Look who's talking!’ said Pa Gross, glaring at his wife. 1949 D. Smith I capture Castle (U.K. ed.) ii. 12 She has had that dressing-gown so long that I don't think she sees it any more... But who am I to talk—who have not had a dressing-gown at all for two years? a1961 J. Cannan All is Discovered (1962) i. 11 Anyway Daddy can't talk. Whenever she's out he..spends hours with Maria. 1968 M. Ross Gasteropod iv. 99 ‘You should have hated me... Most men would have done.’ Max laughed. ‘Hark who's talking! What did you do?’ 1979 D. Gurr Troika viii. 55 I was rough on you... And stupid—I should talk! < as lemmas |
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