come the old soldierとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From come (“to behave in the manner of; to pretend to be”) + the + old soldier (“former soldier, または one who has served for a long time; one with a lot of experience in something”),^[1] in the sense of one taking advantage of their age or experience over someone else.^[2]

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌm ðiː‿əʊl(d) ˈsəʊld͡ʒə/, /-ˈsɒl-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌm ði‿oʊl(d) ˈsoʊld͡ʒə/
• ハイフネーション: come the old sold‧ier

動詞

come the old soldier (三人称単数 現在形 comes the old soldier, 現在分詞 coming the old soldier, 過去形 came the old soldier, 過去分詞 come the old soldier)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic, informal) Often followed by with: to deceive, impose upon, or take advantage of someone, as if exploiting one's superior age or experience.

   Synonyms: act the old soldier, play the old soldier

   Don’t come the old soldier with me, sunshine! Do you think I was born yesterday?

   • 1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], “Fortune’s Frolics”, in St Ronan’s Well. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., OCLC 79179534, pages 111–112:

     [W]ere it not that I think he has scarce the impudence to propose such a thing to succeed, curse me but I should think he was coming the old soldier over me, and keeping up his game.

   • 1859–1861, [Thomas Hughes], “Brown Patronus”, in Tom Brown at Oxford: […], part 2nd, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1861, OCLC 2753050, page 167:

     But you needn't try to come the old soldier over me. D—n it, I'm not such a fool as that.

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