| 词组 | nosy parker |
| 释义 | nosy parker Theme: MEDDLE n. a nosy person. (Also a term of address.)Mary can be such a nosy parker.Look, you nosy parker, mind your own business. Idiom nosy parker British & Australian, informal someone who is too interested in finding out information about other people.Tell him to mind his own business, the nosy parker! Nosy Parker ⇨ Nosey Parker; Nosy Parkernoun a personification of inquisitiveness. From NOSEY (inquisitive), first recorded in a captioned illustration in 1907. Various etymologies suggest links with peeping Toms and eavesdroppers at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, a link with Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker (1504–75) or the characteristics of rabbits in parks. Whatever its true origins 'Nosey Parker' is the source of 'nosey-parkering' (being inquisitive); 'nosey-park' (to be inquisitive); 'nosey-parkerdom', 'nosey-parkery', 'Nosey-Parkerism' (the condition of an inquisitve nature or a demonstration of invasive inquisitiveness); 'nosey-parkerishness' (a tendency towards inquisitive behaviour) UK, 1966nosy parkerA person who likes to meddle or pry into other people's lives. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I have to be careful about what I tell Betty because she's such a nosy parker that she'll bombard you with questions at the slightest provocation. a nosey parkerBRITISH, INFORMALA nosey parker is someone who wants to know too much about other people. Note: `Nosey' is sometimes spelled `nosy'. The village's resident nosey parker, Olive, likes to spy on her neighbours with binoculars. Supermarkets are a nosy parker's paradise. The contents of strangers' trollies tell us so much about their lives. Note: `Parker' may refer to Matthew Parker, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1559, and had a reputation for interfering in people's business. a ˌnosy ˈparker(British English, informal, becoming old-fashioned) a person who is too interested in other people’s private lives: Our next door neighbour is a real nosy parker. He always has to know everything about everybody on our street.nosey ParkerverbSee nosy parker nosy parkerand nosey Parker (ˈnozi ˈpɑrkɚ) n. a nosy person. (Also a term of address. No one really knows who or what parker is or was. It is an old expression, used in British and American English, at least. Some would like to derive it from nose-poker, but there is no record of the latter aver having been said.) Look, you nosy parker, mind your own business. |
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