at third hand

短语

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Indirectly, through a series of two intermediaries.

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries 'I doubt if you will ever have met "Rainproof" Nogg,' wrote one about this time—a shrewd old lady whose Dutch-sounding name caused pushful young hostesses to prick up their ears even when it reached them at third hand.