| 单词 | à propos de bottes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasà propos de bottes à propos de bottes [French, lit. = ‘with regard to boots’] , without serious motive, without rhyme or reason. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > without cause or reason without reasona1387 à propos de bottes1757 1757 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 23 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2242 À propos de bottes, for I am told he always wears his; was his Royal Highness very gracious to you or not? 1845 Q. Rev. 76 533 The first introduces that prince—very much àpropos de bottes—for the purpose of denying that he had any party. 1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves i. i. 9 She would remember an ancient floater—just like that, à propos de bottes. 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days (1935) xviii. 225 This was àpropos de bottes, but the subject needed no introduction. < as lemmas |
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