词汇 | world-and-his-wife |
释义 | the world and his wifeidiomUK a great many people, especially in a particular place at a particular time: (尤指某一时间、某一地点的)所有的人,各色人等 It's going to be quite a party - the world and his wife will be there.那将是个不小的聚会——各色人等都会到场。 Someone, anyone, no one or everyone across-the-board all and sundryidiom all comers anybody anyone man no one nobody non-universal one and allidiom one-size-fits-all pan people someone sundry to a manidiom Tom, Dick, and Harry universal whole world Examples of the world and his wifethe world and his wife I am not inviting theworldandhiswife to put pen to paper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not let us make the unfortunate consultative council advertise to theworldandhiswife that they have made a rather silly remark. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is quite different from letting in theworldandhiswife to settle here indefinitely. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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