rub elbows

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌɹʌb ˈɛlˌbəʊ̯z/    美 /ˌɹʌb ˈɛlˌboʊ̯z/|/ˌɹɐb ˈelˌbəʉ̯z/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To associate closely; to consort, mingle, or socialize. US,idiomatic,intransitive
    — [I]f any of the officers have but mentioned love to my wife, I'll challenge and fight such of them one by one; and if any of the common soldiers have so much as rubbed elbows with her, I'll beat them like dogs from one end of the regiment to the other.

词形变化

rubs elbows present,singular,third-person rubbing elbows participle,present rubbed elbows participle,past rubbed elbows past

词源

From rub + elbows, suggesting people standing so close together that their elbows touch.
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