man

1. informal A term of address for another person, especially a friend or acquaintance. Usually but not solely used in reference to a male. Hey, man, good to see you!

2. interjection, informal Used to express an intense emotional reaction, whether good or bad. Man, the first Indiana Jones is such a great movie! I just heard about the layoffs at your company! Man, what a bummer.

the man

1. slang The established order or body of authority, especially the government. Primarily heard in US. I've been getting small tax refunds by mistake for years, but I've never said anything to them about it. It's my own little way of sticking it to the man. Of course you don't understand—you work for the man now. You're just a cog in the whole corrupt machine, dude.

2. slang The police as an entity. Primarily heard in US. In this town, you're more likely to get shot by the man than any criminal on the streets.

man

1. n. one’s friend; a buddy, not necessarily male. (Also a term of address.) Look, man, take it easy!

2. exclam. Wow! (Usually Man!) Man, what a bundle!

3. and the man n. a drug seller or pusher. (Drugs.) The man won’t give you credit, you numskull!

4. and the man n. a police officer; the police; the establishment. You better check with the man before you get seen with me.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See:

"I see," said the blind man
(not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
(one's) old man
(one's) own man/woman/person
(the) man of the moment
(the) man/woman of the hour
(the) odd man out
a (person) of substance
a blind man could see this/that/it
a dirty old man
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
a drowning man will grab at a straw
a drowning man will grasp at a straw
a fool may give a wise man counsel
A good man is hard to find.
a grand old man of
a hatchet man
a hungry man is an angry man
a ladies' man
a man after (one's) own heart
a man can die but once
a man cannot serve two masters
a man for all seasons
a man Friday
a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words
a man is judged by the company he keeps
a man is known by the company he keeps
a man of few words
a man of God/the cloth
a man of his word
a man of letters
a man of my kidney
a man of parts
a man of straw
a man of the people
a man of the world
a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client
a man who stands for nothing will fall for anything
a man without a smiling face must not open a shop
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle
a man, woman, etc. after your own heart
a man/woman of few words
a man/woman of parts
a man/woman of the people
a man/woman of the world
a man/woman on a mission
a man/woman with a mission
a man/woman/person of action
a man's got to do what a man's got to do
a man's home is his castle
a man's man
a marked man
a new man
a nod is as good as a wink to a blind man
a one-man band
a person after (one's) own
a rich man's joke is always funny
a tree is known by its fruit(, a man by his deeds)
a wise man of Gotham
a woman after (one's) own heart
a woman of few words
a woman, man, person, etc. of substance
a/the grand old man
a/the man about town
after one's own heart
angry young man
anyone in their right mind
Are you a man or a mouse?
as (something) as the next man/woman/person
as a man sows, so shall he reap
as as the next man
as one
as one man
As you sow, so shall you reap
backdoor man
barrow man
be (of) no use to man or beast
be (one's) man/woman
be (one's) own man/woman/person
be a fine figure of a (man or woman)
be a man
be a man/woman of his/her word
be a/the poor man's (someone or something)
be a/the poor man's sb/sth
be busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest
be man enough
be no good to man or beast
be no good/use to man or beast
be somebody's man/woman
be twice the man or woman that someone is
be twice the man/woman
be twice the man/woman that (someone) is
be your own man
be your own man/woman
behind every great man is a great woman
behind every great man, there's a great woman
better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave
big man on campus
blind man's holiday
boldly go where no man has gone before
boss man
butter-and-egg man
call no man happy till he dies
candy man
child is father of the man
clothes don't make the man
clothes make the man
come on, man
company man
con man
confidence game
count no man happy till he dies
crumbs from (one's) table
crumbs from the rich man's table
dead man
dead man walking
Dead Man's Hand
dead men's shoes
dead soldier
dimber damber upright man
dirty joke
dirty old man
don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes
each and every one
each man for himself
early to bed and early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise)
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
early to bed, early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise)
every last man of us/them
every man for himself
every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost
every man for hisself
every man has his price
every man is his own worst enemy
every man is the architect of his own fortune
every man Jack
every man jack of us/them
every man Jack/mother's son
every man to his taste
every man/everyone has his price
every Tom, Dick, and Harry
everyone
everyone has their price
face man
family man
feel like a new man/woman
fortune knocks once at every man's door
front man
Fuller Brush man
funny man
fuzz
fuzz man
girl Friday
girl/man Friday
give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
G-man
go see a man about a dog
go to see a man about a dog
God's gift to man
Good men are scarce
good time man
good-time man
greater love hath no man
hatchet man
have (one) by the balls
have a man by the balls
headache man
he-man
high man on the totem pole
hired hand
hired man
hit man
I am (someone), hear me (do something)
I have to go see a man about a dog
iceman
in layman's terms
in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
iron man
it's every man for himself
kept man
ladies' man
ladies'/lady's man
lazy man's load
leg man
Let every man skin his own skunk
Let every man skin his own skunk.
like a man/woman possessed
little man in the boat
low man on the ladder
low man on the totem pole
main man
make a hit
make a man (out) of (one)
make a man of
make a man of/out of somebody
man
man about town
man after my own heart
man alive
man and boy
man and wife
man boobs
man bun
man cannot live by bread alone
man cave
man crush Monday
man does not live by bread alone
man down
man enough to (do something)
man Friday
man in the moon, (no more than) the
man in the street
man in the street, the
man is a wolf to man
man is known by the company he keeps
man is the measure of all things
man of action
man of color
man of few words
man of few words, a
man of God
man of his word
man of ill repute
man of letters
man of many parts
man of means
man of parts
man of straw
man of the cloth
man of the match
man of the moment
man of the world
man of the world, a
man on the make
man on the street
man or a mouse, (are you) a
man plans and God laughs
man proposes, and God disposes
man proposes, but God disposes
man proposes, God disposes
man the barricades
man the fort
man to man
man up
man/woman/gentleman/lady of leisure
man-about-town
man-eater
manners maketh man
man-of-war
manpain
man's best friend
man's home is his castle
man's inhumanity to man
man's man
man-to-man
marked man
marked man, a
May the best man/woman win.
mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes
medallion man
Mr. Whiskers
muscleman
my man
My man!
never send a boy to do a man's job
new man
nine tailors make a man
no accounting for tastes, there is no
no man can serve two masters
no man is an island
no man is an island(, entire of itself)
no man's land
no use to man or beast
no use, it's
nothing is so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse
odd man out
of few words, man of
of the moment
oh man
old man
one heck of a (something or someone)
one hell of a (something or someone)
one man's loss is another man's gain
one man's meat is another man's poison
one man's trash is another man's treasure
one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
one-man band
one-man show
opportunity knocks at every man's door
own man
own man/person, to be one's
own person, be one's
plumber’s smile
point man
poor man's
Portuguese man-of-war
red man
Renaissance man
repo man
rich man's joke is always funny
right-hand man
see a man about a dog
see a man about a horse
self-made man
self-made man, a
So’s your old man!
so's your old man
step into dead men's shoes
stick it to the man
stick man
straight man
straw boss
straw man
strong-arm man
take (something) like a man
take it like a man
teach a man to fish
the child is father of the man
the child is father to the man
the grand old man of (something)
the inner man/woman
the low man on the totem pole
the man
the man in the moon
the man in the street
the man of the match
the man on the Clapham omnibus
the Man Upstairs
the man, woman, etc. of the moment
the man/woman in (one's) life
the man/woman in your life
the man/woman on the Clapham omnibus
the man/woman/thing of (one's) dreams
the odd man/one out
the old man
the poor man's
the poor man's something
the sick man of
the sick man of (something or somewhere)
the thinking man's/women's crumpet
the way to a man's heart is through his stomach
the white man's burden
time and tide tarry for no man
time and tide wait for no man
tit(s)-man
T-man
to a man
way to a man's heart is through his stomach
way to a man's heart, the
wheel man
whiskers man
white man
white man’s disease
white man's disease
white-van man
working man’s smile
working man's smile
yer man
yes man
yes-man
yesterday's man
yesterday's man/woman
you can't keep a good man down
you can't keep a good man/woman down
You got to do what you got to do
you heard the man
you should know a man seven years before you stir his fire
You the man!
You’re the man!
young man
your man
your right-hand man
You're the man!

References in classic literature

And then an entirely new kind of fear came upon the man. Was this the end for him, after all he had gone through?

The man surrendered to his terror, clapping heels to his horse's old ribs, beating it over the head and under the belly with the whip until it galloped as it had not galloped in years.

Michael Brother of Jerry

But between us and Goodness the gods have placed the sweat of our brows: long and steep is the path that leads to her, and it is rough at the first; but when a man has reached the top, then is she easy to reach, though before that she was hard.

Collection Of Hesiod Homer and Homerica

He--the shy young man--loves the heroine, oh so devotedly (but only in asides, for he dare not tell her of it), and he is so noble and unselfish, and speaks in such a low voice, and is so good to his mother; and the bad people in the play, they laugh at him and jeer at him, but he takes it all so gently, and in the end it transpires that he is such a clever man, though nobody knew it, and then the heroine tells him she loves him, and he is so surprised, and oh, so happy!

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

Thou art not great." The Magician is nevertheless sent as a guest to Zarathustra's cave; for, in his heart, Zarathustra believed until the end that the Magician was a higher man broken by modern values.

Thus Spake Zarathustra

Over their tea Levin heard all about the old man's farming.

Anna Karenina

"May Heaven prosper you!" replied the dying man, with an accent of gratitude impossible to describe.

Twenty Years After

Placing his eye close to the aperture he saw the girl and the young man of which the Englishman had spoken seated on opposite sides of a low table upon which food was spread.

Tarzan the Untamed

What could be the contrary of any primary substance, such as the individual man or animal?

词组	man
释义	man man 1. informal A term of address for another person, especially a friend or acquaintance. Usually but not solely used in reference to a male. Hey, man, good to see you! 2. interjection, informal Used to express an intense emotional reaction, whether good or bad. Man, the first Indiana Jones is such a great movie! I just heard about the layoffs at your company! Man, what a bummer. the man 1. slang The established order or body of authority, especially the government. Primarily heard in US. I've been getting small tax refunds by mistake for years, but I've never said anything to them about it. It's my own little way of sticking it to the man. Of course you don't understand—you work for the man now. You're just a cog in the whole corrupt machine, dude. 2. slang The police as an entity. Primarily heard in US. In this town, you're more likely to get shot by the man than any criminal on the streets. See also: man Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. man 1. n. one’s friend; a buddy, not necessarily male. (Also a term of address.) Look, man, take it easy! 2. exclam. Wow! (Usually Man!) Man, what a bundle! 3. and the man n. a drug seller or pusher. (Drugs.) The man won’t give you credit, you numskull! 4. and the man n. a police officer; the police; the establishment. You better check with the man before you get seen with me. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See: "I see," said the blind man (not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be (one's) old man (one's) own man/woman/person (the) man of the moment (the) man/woman of the hour (the) odd man out a (person) of substance a blind man could see this/that/it a dirty old man a drowning man will clutch at a straw a drowning man will grab at a straw a drowning man will grasp at a straw a fool may give a wise man counsel A good man is hard to find. a grand old man of a hatchet man a hungry man is an angry man a ladies' man a man after (one's) own heart a man can die but once a man cannot serve two masters a man for all seasons a man Friday a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words a man is judged by the company he keeps a man is known by the company he keeps a man of few words a man of God/the cloth a man of his word a man of letters a man of my kidney a man of parts a man of straw a man of the people a man of the world a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client a man who stands for nothing will fall for anything a man without a smiling face must not open a shop A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle a man, woman, etc. after your own heart a man/woman of few words a man/woman of parts a man/woman of the people a man/woman of the world a man/woman on a mission a man/woman with a mission a man/woman/person of action a man's got to do what a man's got to do a man's home is his castle a man's man a marked man a new man a nod is as good as a wink to a blind man a one-man band a person after (one's) own a rich man's joke is always funny a tree is known by its fruit(, a man by his deeds) a wise man of Gotham a woman after (one's) own heart a woman of few words a woman, man, person, etc. of substance a/the grand old man a/the man about town after one's own heart angry young man anyone in their right mind Are you a man or a mouse? as (something) as the next man/woman/person as a man sows, so shall he reap as as the next man as one as one man As you sow, so shall you reap backdoor man barrow man be (of) no use to man or beast be (one's) man/woman be (one's) own man/woman/person be a fine figure of a (man or woman) be a man be a man/woman of his/her word be a/the poor man's (someone or something) be a/the poor man's sb/sth be busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest be man enough be no good to man or beast be no good/use to man or beast be somebody's man/woman be twice the man or woman that someone is be twice the man/woman be twice the man/woman that (someone) is be your own man be your own man/woman behind every great man is a great woman behind every great man, there's a great woman better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave big man on campus blind man's holiday boldly go where no man has gone before boss man butter-and-egg man call no man happy till he dies candy man child is father of the man clothes don't make the man clothes make the man come on, man company man con man confidence game count no man happy till he dies crumbs from (one's) table crumbs from the rich man's table dead man dead man walking Dead Man's Hand dead men's shoes dead soldier dimber damber upright man dirty joke dirty old man don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes each and every one each man for himself early to bed and early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise) Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise early to bed, early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise) every last man of us/them every man for himself every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost every man for hisself every man has his price every man is his own worst enemy every man is the architect of his own fortune every man Jack every man jack of us/them every man Jack/mother's son every man to his taste every man/everyone has his price every Tom, Dick, and Harry everyone everyone has their price face man family man feel like a new man/woman fortune knocks once at every man's door front man Fuller Brush man funny man fuzz fuzz man girl Friday girl/man Friday give a man enough rope and he will hang himself G-man go see a man about a dog go to see a man about a dog God's gift to man Good men are scarce good time man good-time man greater love hath no man hatchet man have (one) by the balls have a man by the balls headache man he-man high man on the totem pole hired hand hired man hit man I am (someone), hear me (do something) I have to go see a man about a dog iceman in layman's terms in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king iron man it's every man for himself kept man ladies' man ladies'/lady's man lazy man's load leg man Let every man skin his own skunk Let every man skin his own skunk. like a man/woman possessed little man in the boat low man on the ladder low man on the totem pole main man make a hit make a man (out) of (one) make a man of make a man of/out of somebody man man about town man after my own heart man alive man and boy man and wife man boobs man bun man cannot live by bread alone man cave man crush Monday man does not live by bread alone man down man enough to (do something) man Friday man in the moon, (no more than) the man in the street man in the street, the man is a wolf to man man is known by the company he keeps man is the measure of all things man of action man of color man of few words man of few words, a man of God man of his word man of ill repute man of letters man of many parts man of means man of parts man of straw man of the cloth man of the match man of the moment man of the world man of the world, a man on the make man on the street man or a mouse, (are you) a man plans and God laughs man proposes, and God disposes man proposes, but God disposes man proposes, God disposes man the barricades man the fort man to man man up man/woman/gentleman/lady of leisure man-about-town man-eater manners maketh man man-of-war manpain man's best friend man's home is his castle man's inhumanity to man man's man man-to-man marked man marked man, a May the best man/woman win. mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes medallion man Mr. Whiskers muscleman my man My man! never send a boy to do a man's job new man nine tailors make a man no accounting for tastes, there is no no man can serve two masters no man is an island no man is an island(, entire of itself) no man's land no use to man or beast no use, it's nothing is so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse odd man out of few words, man of of the moment oh man old man one heck of a (something or someone) one hell of a (something or someone) one man's loss is another man's gain one man's meat is another man's poison one man's trash is another man's treasure one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind one-man band one-man show opportunity knocks at every man's door own man own man/person, to be one's own person, be one's plumber’s smile point man poor man's Portuguese man-of-war red man Renaissance man repo man rich man's joke is always funny right-hand man see a man about a dog see a man about a horse self-made man self-made man, a So’s your old man! so's your old man step into dead men's shoes stick it to the man stick man straight man straw boss straw man strong-arm man take (something) like a man take it like a man teach a man to fish the child is father of the man the child is father to the man the grand old man of (something) the inner man/woman the low man on the totem pole the man the man in the moon the man in the street the man of the match the man on the Clapham omnibus the Man Upstairs the man, woman, etc. of the moment the man/woman in (one's) life the man/woman in your life the man/woman on the Clapham omnibus the man/woman/thing of (one's) dreams the odd man/one out the old man the poor man's the poor man's something the sick man of the sick man of (something or somewhere) the thinking man's/women's crumpet the way to a man's heart is through his stomach the white man's burden time and tide tarry for no man time and tide wait for no man tit(s)-man T-man to a man way to a man's heart is through his stomach way to a man's heart, the wheel man whiskers man white man white man’s disease white man's disease white-van man working man’s smile working man's smile yer man yes man yes-man yesterday's man yesterday's man/woman you can't keep a good man down you can't keep a good man/woman down You got to do what you got to do you heard the man you should know a man seven years before you stir his fire You the man! You’re the man! young man your man your right-hand man You're the man! References in classic literature And then an entirely new kind of fear came upon the man. Was this the end for him, after all he had gone through? The man surrendered to his terror, clapping heels to his horse's old ribs, beating it over the head and under the belly with the whip until it galloped as it had not galloped in years. Michael Brother of Jerry But between us and Goodness the gods have placed the sweat of our brows: long and steep is the path that leads to her, and it is rough at the first; but when a man has reached the top, then is she easy to reach, though before that she was hard. Collection Of Hesiod Homer and Homerica He--the shy young man--loves the heroine, oh so devotedly (but only in asides, for he dare not tell her of it), and he is so noble and unselfish, and speaks in such a low voice, and is so good to his mother; and the bad people in the play, they laugh at him and jeer at him, but he takes it all so gently, and in the end it transpires that he is such a clever man, though nobody knew it, and then the heroine tells him she loves him, and he is so surprised, and oh, so happy! Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Thou art not great." The Magician is nevertheless sent as a guest to Zarathustra's cave; for, in his heart, Zarathustra believed until the end that the Magician was a higher man broken by modern values. Thus Spake Zarathustra Over their tea Levin heard all about the old man's farming. Anna Karenina "May Heaven prosper you!" replied the dying man, with an accent of gratitude impossible to describe. Twenty Years After Placing his eye close to the aperture he saw the girl and the young man of which the Englishman had spoken seated on opposite sides of a low table upon which food was spread. Tarzan the Untamed What could be the contrary of any primary substance, such as the individual man or animal? Categories The man was wielding a paddle, while directly behind him Kaviri saw some of his own warriors similarly engaged. The Beasts of Tarzan They say and write and print that the soul and freedom do not exist, for the life of man is expressed by muscular movements and muscular movements are conditioned by the activity of the nerves; the soul and free will do not exist because at an unknown period of time we sprang from the apes. War and Peace It be food to the hungry man. It makes the strong man stronger, and the angry man to forget that he is angry. Love of Life And Other Stories This whole business of Trade gives me to pause and think, as it constitutes false relations between men; inasmuch as I am prone to count myself relieved of any responsibility to behave well and nobly to that person whom I pay with money; whereas if I had not that commodity, I should be put on my good behavior in all companies, and man would be a benefactor to man, as being himself his only certificate that he had a right to those aids and services which each asked of the other. Essays Second Series It was said he could pull a grown man's head right off. The Strength of the Strong A belated man in business clothes, and in haste to catch a car, bounced against her shoulder. Maggie A Girl of the Streets
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