| 单词 | brass hat |
| 例句 | But the general revulsion to the war, imagining it as a pointless mass murder conducted by bone-headed brass hats, really began some 10 years later. Armistice Day: victory and beyond | Neal Ascherson 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z And so it happened, for about five o'clock there was a clinking of spurs in the passage, and the matron ushered in an affable brass hat and a very charming lady. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 2011-08-09T02:00:23.527Z Helen knew more about the life of the army in Flanders than the "brass hats," the staff and all the war correspondents. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z But how can a staff officer find the chance his soul yearns for, to show his mettle—except the metal on his expensive "brass hat"? Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z But believe me, I’m free to confess now that I’d rather be a buck 116in Uncle Sam’s little old army than a brass hat in any other. Aces Up If you ask me, I still needed them, but some brass hat back on Earth decided they were more necessary over on Avalon.” Ultima Thule "These brass hats don't know from—" "Corporal!" the colonel roared. The Plague The "brass hats," as Blake had foreseen, were avid for details. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 Them brass hats meet at Operation Headquarters an' the generals call in Weather. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin Out there a car is a sacred chariot set apart for gods in brass hats, and the ordinary Tommy looks on them with awe and reverence.” The Rough Road "I was awfully glad to hear you had got your 'brass hat'!" The Long Trick All the brass hats in Washington had suddenly discovered this office deep in the recesses of the Pentagon. The Plague No one could tell whether some "brass hat" might not come around and inspect us next day, so it was as well to be prepared for anything. The Defence of Duffer's Drift Who does she think she is, anyway, going right up there amongst all those 'brass hats?' Judy of York Hill To my astonishment, a very smart staff officer, with a brass hat and red badges, made his way into my room, and startled me by saying, "I am the Deputy-Judge-Advocate-General." The Great War As I Saw It If it could get inside, Hanlon had thought of several ways in which it might communicate ... providing the admiral was not an orthodox brass hat. Man of Many Minds Half a dozen other brass hats, none of whom had been to bed, were close behind. The Plague Nobody was supposed to know, except a few "brass hats" in headquarters town. My Second Year of the War A Tommy was caught by a "brass hat" in the very act of strangling a chicken. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" It is the home of the Staff, not of the Armies, and contains more "brass hats" than all the other Headquarters put together. Leaves from a Field Note-Book Our embarkation was much more sensibly managed this time, a Captain Forrest of the Oxfords being O.C. troops, and having some sense, though the brass hats again fixed 10 a.m. as the hour. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years I kept it standing two solid hours outside the Hotel de la Poste where the blooming brass hats all hang out. The Romantic That captain, and all the red tabs and brass hats, it's not them that invented the rules. Light He took no notice of the "brass hat." "Contemptible", by "Casualty" Is it a brass hat or the boot?' Greenmantle And came to be a General in a brass hat--and now you're back on the stage. The Mountebank Where there's any trouble," he continued, turning to the brass hat at his side, "you may be quite sure that the Pilot or the M. O. here will be in it. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land She gave herself so generously to her seniors that somebody said Mrs. Harbottle's girdle was hung with brass hats. The Pool in the Desert "Perfectly sickening the way those brass hats drove from the War Office to the Savoy, and from the Savoy to the War Office!" Secret Adversary At length the "brass hat" for whom they had been waiting appeared upon the scene, not in the slightest degree apologetic, but very businesslike, and with a highly emphasised military manner. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land After a little conversation between the brass hat and their Commanding Officer, the latter gave the command and off they set in the darkness for their first route march on English soil. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land In came the O. C., followed by a brass hat. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land "An energetic officer you have there," said the brass hat standing beside the colonel. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land |
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