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词组 after you, Claude – no, after you, Cecil
释义 after you, Claude – no, after you, Cecil

used to depict a lack of aggression or unnecessary good manners UK, 1939
A catchphrase regularly delivered by Jack Train and Horace Percival in the BBC radio comedy ITMA, 1939–1949. Contemporary usage has been widely applied to sports such as cricket, hockey, football and motor-racing, and also to first-past-the-post electoral systems.
  • The trouble with English cricket is that the whole debate has been too milky, too “after you, Claude, no after you, Cecil.” — The Electronic Telegraph, 13 July 1998
  • [H]e was more or less saying to opponents who were trying to clear the ball out of defence, “After you, Cecil.” — Chris Moore, www.soccernet.com, 9 September 2000
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