give the time of day

短语

问好

发音

AU

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To acknowledge someone; to give someone respect or attention; to tip one's hat.

    习语

    If you're lucky, she might give you the time of day.

  2. 2.

    To not acknowledge someone; to snub someone; to disrespect someone; to ignore someone.

    习语

    He won't give the time of day to someone like you or me.

    I tried to say "hi", but she wouldn't give me the time of day.

  3. 3.

    To tell someone the time of day by looking at one's wristwatch, etc.

    过时

词源

According to some, the expression originally literally referred to greeting someone with the obsolete greeting "good time of day", or other greeting appropriate to the time of day (e.g., good morning, good afternoon, good evening), and only later acquired an association with telling someone the time, along with its idiomatic sense.

来源：wiktionary