英语词汇“who's she—the cat's mother?”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. who's she—the cat's mother? and variants: said to a person (esp. a child) who uses the feminine third person singular pronoun impolitely or with inadequate reference.

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1878 ‘C. Bede’ in Notes & Queries 25 May 402/1 I cannot find any mention of this saying..in books of proverbial expressions, but it is one with which I have been acquainted from my youth... For example, a little girl runs in to her mother, and says excitedly, ‘O mamma, we met her just as we were coming home from our walk, and she was so glad to see us!’ Upon which the mamma says, ‘Who is “she”? the cat's mother?’

1897 ‘S. Grand’ Beth Bk. xx. 204 Don't call your mamma ‘she’. ‘She’ is a cat.

1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. i. i. 9 ‘Who's She?’ demanded Nurse. ‘She's the cat's mother.’

1949 N. Streatfeild Painted Garden ix. 105 ‘She said so.’ Jane looked superior. ‘She, my boy, is the cat's mother.’

1972 H. Casson & J. Grenfell Nanny Says 21 Who's she? The cat's grandmother?

2001 H. Cross My Summer of Love (2002) 219 ‘Who's she, the cat's mother?’ Lindy said, not looking up from the magazine.

单词	who's she—the cat's mother?
释义	> as lemmas who's she—the cat's mother? P1. who's she—the cat's mother? and variants: said to a person (esp. a child) who uses the feminine third person singular pronoun impolitely or with inadequate reference. ΚΠ 1878 ‘C. Bede’ in Notes & Queries 25 May 402/1 I cannot find any mention of this saying..in books of proverbial expressions, but it is one with which I have been acquainted from my youth... For example, a little girl runs in to her mother, and says excitedly, ‘O mamma, we met her just as we were coming home from our walk, and she was so glad to see us!’ Upon which the mamma says, ‘Who is “she”? the cat's mother?’ 1897 ‘S. Grand’ Beth Bk. xx. 204 Don't call your mamma ‘she’. ‘She’ is a cat. 1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. i. i. 9 ‘Who's She?’ demanded Nurse. ‘She's the cat's mother.’ 1949 N. Streatfeild Painted Garden ix. 105 ‘She said so.’ Jane looked superior. ‘She, my boy, is the cat's mother.’ 1972 H. Casson & J. Grenfell Nanny Says 21 Who's she? The cat's grandmother? 2001 H. Cross My Summer of Love (2002) 219 ‘Who's she, the cat's mother?’ Lindy said, not looking up from the magazine. extracted from shepron.¹n.adj. < as lemmas
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