| 释义 |
buttinski; buttinsky
a meddler; a person who interferes in the affairs of others US, 1902- It is said that one night a buttinsky in the audience said to her, “Say, aren’t you Dorothy Parker?” — Earl Wilson, I Am Gazing Into My 8-Ball, p. 82, 1945
- Look who’s talking about stickin’ noses. You’re the God-damndest buttinski I ever run into! — Garson Kanin, Born Yesterday, p. 131, 1946
- Are you going to let your coach have a free hand or are you going to be a buttinsky and keep trying to make him use your ideas? — San Francisco Examiner, p. 19, 20 December 1948
- — Helen Dahlskog (Editor), A Dictionary of Contemporary and Colloquial Usage, p. 11, 1972
- You’re a buttinsky, a guy who sticks his nose in places he shouldn’t stick his nose. — Robert Campbell, Junkyard Dog, p. 120, 1986
- To some, Diane Vollmer is a buttinski. To others, she’s the Lady Bird Johnson of her north Denver neighborhood. — The Denver Post, p. B1, 9 March 1997
- Eddie Love is a “buttinski,” someone who interferes when it’s none of his business. — Ventura (California) County Star, p. A1, 11 April 1998
- In the current issue of Orion, America’s finest environmental magazine, Oregon rancher Mike Connelly rakes environmentalists over the coals as a bunch of buttinski tree-huggers. — The Boston Globe, p. C2, 4 October 1999
- Unfortunately some well-meaning (or NOT-so-well-meaning) buttinskies report parents who are a little too firm but certainly not abusive. — Chicago Tribune, 29 November 2003
|