| 词汇 | fair and square |
| 释义 | Idiom fair and square Theme: FAIRNESS completely fair(ly). (Fixed order.)She won the game fair and square.The division of the money should be fair and square. Idiom fair and square 1. in an honest way and without any doubt. We won the match fair and square. 2. (British & Australian) if you hit someone fair and square on a particular part of their body, you hit them hard exactly on that part. She hit me fair and square on the nose. fair and squareCompletely fair(ly); without any unfair methods. No, I won that round fair and square—no rematch! fair and squarecompletely fair(ly); justly; within the rules. She won the game fair and square. The division of the money should be fair and square. fair and squareJust and honest, as in He won the race fair and square. This redundant expression- fair and square mean essentially the same thing-probably owes its long life to its rhyme. [Early 1600s] fair and squareIf someone wins a competition or does something fair and square, they do it without cheating or lying. I was beaten fair and square. My father bought them fair and square fifty years ago. We've still got the receipts. fair and square1 with absolute accuracy. 2 honestly and straight-forwardly.fair and ˈsquare(also fairly and ˈsquarely)1 completely and fully: They were the better team and they beat us fair and square. 2 directly and with force: I hit him fair and square on the chin. fair and square Just and honest. fair and squareJust and unequivocal. This expression, recorded since the early seventeenth century, owes its appeal to its rhyme and has survived despite its tautology (“square” here means the same as “fair,” surviving in such phrases as “a square deal”). “You are fair and square in all your dealings,” wrote William Wycherley (The Gentleman Dancing Master, 1673). |
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