“pas si bête”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

pas si bête

释义

‖ pas si bête|pɑ si bɛt|
[Fr.]
Not so foolish; ‘not that stupid’ (said of the speaker or of someone other than the speaker). Also (in quot. 1924), not so bad.
1840Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. June 727/2, I am not holding up the whole affair as a masterpiece—pas si bête.1849― Pendennis I. xxix. 283 ‘Emily was always as stupid as an owl,’ said Miss Blenkinsop. ‘Eh! pas si bête,’ the old Peer said.1862W. Collins No Name II. 82, I am not fool enough to open it. Pas si bête, as we used to say in the English circle at Zurich... Pas si bête!1923Galsworthy Captures 247 Why suppose one's family superior to other people's? Pas si bête!1924J. Buchan Three Hostages xii. 179 ‘What about the weather?’ I asked anxiously. ‘Pas si bête,’ he said, sniffing. ‘The wind is pretty sure to go down.’1939N. Marsh Overture to Death xvi. 183 ‘Try us,’ suggested the young man. ‘Pas si bête,’ said Alleyn, ‘I want my lunch.’1965N. Freeling Criminal Conversation ii. i. 102 You see how the parallel fails?.. Pas si bête.

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