| 词汇 | Tom, Dick and Harry |
| 释义 | Idiom Tom, Dick and HarryTom, Dick and/or Harry anyone, especially people that you do not know or do not think are important.Draw the curtains or we'll have every Tom, Dick and Harry peering through the window.I want a qualified plumber to do the job, not just any Tom, Dick or Harry. Tom, Dick and Harry noun any man – by random example. From C16, obsolete variations abound, not the least of which is Shakespeare's 'Tom, Dick and Francis'; 'Tom Dick and Harry' is not recorded until 1865 UK, 1865Tom, Dick, and HarryCommon, undistinguished people; any manner of person, indiscriminately. (Usually in the form "every Tom, Dick, and Harry.") You don't want Tom, Dick, and Harry coming to your performance, but then you don't want to limit the amount of business you might bring in, either. Kate's being very selective as to who gets invited to the wedding, as she doesn't want Tom, Dick, and Harry to end up coming. (every) Tom, Dick, and Harryand any Tom, Dick, and HarryFig. everyone, without discrimination; ordinary people. (Not necessarily males.) The golf club is very exclusive. They don't let any Tom, Dick, or Harry join. Mary's sending out very few invitations. She doesn't want every Tom, Dick, and Harry turning up. Tom, Dick, and Harryused to refer to ordinary people in general.This expression is first recorded in an 18th-century song: ‘Farewell, Tom, Dick, and Harry. Farewell, Moll, Nell, and Sue’. It is generally used in mildly derogatory contexts (he didn't want every Tom, Dick, and Harry knowing their business ) to suggest a large number of ordinary or undistinguished people. |
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