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take the gilt off the gingerbread
アクセント tàke the gílt òff the gíngerbread
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take the gilt off the gingerbread
発音
- (Received 発音) IPA(key): /ˌteɪk ðə ˈɡɪlt ɒf ðə ˈd͡ʒɪn(d͡)ʒəbɹɛd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌteɪk ðə ˈɡɪlt ɔf ðə ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚˌbɹɛd/
- ハイフネーション: take the gilt off the gin‧ger‧bread
動詞
take the gilt off the gingerbread (三人称単数 現在形 takes the gilt off the gingerbread, 現在分詞 taking the gilt off the gingerbread, 過去形 took the gilt off the gingerbread, 過去分詞 taken the gilt off the gingerbread)
- (idiomatic) To take away the most attractive or appealing qualities of something; to destroy an illusion.
- 1850 May 11, “Provincial Correspondence. Music at Manchester.”, in The Musical World. A Record of Music, the Drama, Literature, Fine Arts, Foreign Intelligence, &c. and Complete Record of the Theatres and the Concert Room, volume XXV, number 19, London: Printed and published by W. S. Johnson, […], published 1851, OCLC 751702494, page 296, column 2:
- 1856, “John Slagge” [pseudonym], “Selections from the Blunderbore Correspondence. No. XIII.”, in Frederick Sinnett, editor, Melbourne Punch, volume I, Melbourne, Vic.: Published at the office, 66, Collins Street, East, OCLC 867999448, page 99, column 1:
- 1871 February 24, “Quidnunc” [pseudonym], “Notes by Quidnunc”, in The Mechanics’ Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, volume XXV (New Series; volume XXXIV overall), London: R. Smiles, Mechanics’ Magazine Office, […], published 1830, OCLC 183222409, page 131, column 1:
- 1915 March, Jessie Pope, “The Circus Star”, in The Royal Magazine, volume XXXIII, number 197, London: C[yril] Arthur Pearson Ltd, […], OCLC 1123065091, page 454, column 1:
参照
- ^ Gary Martin (1997–) , “Take the gilt off the gingerbread”, in The Phrase Finder, retrieved 26 February 2017; Gillian Riley (2001) , “Learning by Mouth: Edible Aids to Literacy”, in Harlan Walker, editor, Food and the Memory: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2000, Blackawton, Totnes, Devon: Prospect Books, →ISBN, page 195: “It has been suggested that the expression 'taking the gilt off the gingerbread' originated in the practice of selling off broken or defective pieces cheaply, presumably without the decoration of gold leaf that was often applied to the superior kinds of gingerbread.”
- ^ Compare “to take the gilt off the gingerbread, _phrase_” in “gilt, n.2”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2018; “take the gilt off the gingerbread, phrase” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
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