manner

bedside manner: seebedside.

in a manner of speaking in some sense; so to speak.

☞ Manner of speaking is recorded from the mid 16th century; compare with French façon de parler, which has been in use in English since the early 19th century.

to the manner born naturally at ease in a specified way of life, job, or situation.

☞ This comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet: 'though I am native here And to the manner born'. Punning on this expression, to the manor born is used to refer to someone who has aristocratic origins.

词组	manner
释义	manner bedside manner: seebedside. in a manner of speaking in some sense; so to speak. ☞ Manner of speaking is recorded from the mid 16th century; compare with French façon de parler, which has been in use in English since the early 19th century. to the manner born naturally at ease in a specified way of life, job, or situation. ☞ This comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet: 'though I am native here And to the manner born'. Punning on this expression, to the manor born is used to refer to someone who has aristocratic origins.
随便看	bend the knee bend the knee bend the knee to bend your elbow beneath your dignity benefit be news to be nobody's fool be nobody's fool be no fool be no joke be none (or not any) the wiser be none the wiser be none the wiser be no (or nobody's) fool be no picnic be no respecter of persons be not about to do something bent bent out of shape bent out of shape be nuts about be nuts about (or on) be nuts on be nutty about