| 单词 | pooh-pooh |
| 例句 | My grandfather is stunned into a momentary silence, then says, “Einstein published a long time ago, too. Are you gonna pooh-pooh him?” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z He raised his eyebrows as if to pooh-pooh it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Initially, President Eisenhower tried to pooh-pooh the Russians’ “small ball in the air” as an insignificant achievement, but the American people would have none of it. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z So don't pooh-pooh the humble comic book, I still believe that the absorption of such things at a tender age furnished me with an appreciation of good stories, lively dialogue and humour. Penelope Bush's top 10 teen twin books 2013-03-28T16:29:47Z Governments initially pooh-pooh its dangers, set up commissions, panels and seven-step programs, and reassure citizens that all will soon be well again. Review | The 1923 novel ‘Nordenholt’s Million’ explores issues unnervingly familiar in the Trump-covid era 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z "I'm not cool enough to say I pooh-pooh it all," she said of her attitude toward awards season. Julianne Moore works to find the person inside the struggle 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Skeptics who pooh-pooh the idea of celebrities making a late-career leap from their established field into the art world will be disappointed. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager's large-scale paintings are on view in Los Angeles 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Now, no one dares pooh-pooh the progress that has been made. Using DNA to catch canine culprits — and their owners 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Although Lewis Carroll purists might pooh-pooh some of the script's more radical alterations, like bringing Alice up to legal age, the shift helps hit home the film's welcome message of female empowerment. Burton's "Alice" update a wonder to behold 2010-02-26T04:37:00Z “It’s a little like herbal medicine, that we in the West pooh-pooh — but it works.” T Magazine: The Luxury of Humility 2014-05-07T13:00:44Z It was entertaining, and frankly satisfying, to see so many professionals pooh-pooh his data crunching and insist Obama-Romney was a toss-up, whatever Silver’s computer machine said. There Is a 99.45% Chance That Nate Silver Is Changing Journalism 2013-07-22T19:31:53Z They don’t know how to cook, because feminism taught us that cooking was pooh-pooh,” she says. Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig? 2013-04-28T01:00:00Z I suspect that academic scholars will pooh-pooh aspects of “Music: A Subversive History.” Review | A celebration of the outsiders and outcasts who have made music great 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z There should be a code among authors to never publicly pooh-pooh another writer’s work. Ottessa Moshfegh: By the Book 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z “We all pooh-pooh it from time to time, because it can often be hard work, but it’s never boring. Never.” Christopher Plummer: 'Why not bring me in to play Roseanne for the next season?' 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z I think we all pooh-pooh broadcast these days, but I am the showrunner I am because of broadcast, without a doubt. Two Television Showrunners on ‘Creative Short Circuits’ 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Try as the studios might to pooh-pooh the possibility of artificial intelligence taking over work formerly done by writers and actors, their own high-level AI-related job postings give them away. Adamant and argumentative, SAG-AFTRA plays the heavy in Hollywood strikes 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z When we pooh-pooh the subjective, the love of the fans, we are giving power to people that already have it. Our monsters, ourselves: Claire Dederer explains her sympathy for the canceled 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The towels inside wave with enough frenzy that you might think bygone generations that used to pooh-pooh women’s sports deserve a fresh lampooning. ‘It’s South Carolina … and everybody else’: Dawn Staley has built an empire 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z As it rides its fifth straight World Cup to its first knockouts since the first of those, Australia will not mind if you pooh-pooh it once more. Wait, is that Australia waltzing into the World Cup knockout stage? 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z While it is easy to pooh-pooh the most dire forecasts that have the market losing half to two-thirds of its value, consider that it’s already taken a big step down. Here’s the biggest risk facing pre-retirees now, myself included | Chuck Jaffe 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z “I used to pooh-pooh all that anxiety stuff and think you can get through this. And then I went through the divorce.” Pediatricians Hold the Front Lines of a Mental Health Crisis 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z When Utah announced its score drops, a top education official there didn’t pooh-pooh them. In Olympia, crashing school test scores barely make the agenda 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z When I broached the idea with Helou, expecting her to pooh-pooh it out of an appreciation of tradition, she didn’t miss a beat: “I think it would work.” How to make ful medames, the simple fava bean stew beloved as a Middle Eastern breakfast 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z On the other, your colleagues pooh-pooh you as pessimistic or even neurotic. Don't turn away, and don't turn off the news: We need bravery, now more than ever 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z You can pooh-pooh a wild-card berth that might result in nothing more than a solitary playoff game, and on the road, no less. Here’s why the Mariners should extend the contracts of GM Jerry Dipoto and manager Scott Servais 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Senior Open qualifier you ought not pooh-pooh anyway, consider that Harry Rudolph III on June 14 represented a cherished vein of all human possibility. Golf’s brutality chased him away. Then six playoff holes rewrote his story. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z You might wonder what kinds of fiscal policies Republicans have been pushing lately while they pooh-pooh Democrats’ too-unfunded-yet-also-too-funded agenda. Opinion | Republicans are laying a ‘Trojan horse’ trap on infrastructure 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Commentators pooh-pooh the report’s findings as little more than amateurish guesswork. Biden response to report on Khashoggi killing angers both Saudi Arabia and its critics 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Many pooh-pooh claims that industrialized nations are causing or accelerating it. Editorial Roundup: Georgia 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Russia’s stance — in the words of loyal state TV anchor Dmitry Kiselyov — is to pooh-pooh the West’s vaccines as expensive and temperamental products that must be kept at very low temperatures. Russia’s vaccine volunteers swap stories — and antibody readings — as amateur researchers 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z As to those who like to pooh-pooh flour tortillas? How to build better tacos at home, from the tortillas to the toppings 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Or as Watson apologists tried to pooh-pooh it, a bad snap count. Sideline Chatter: It might be first time a pitcher has forced a team to punt 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z The police pooh-pooh this, saying that, sometimes, despite all the new sources of intelligence available, they need access to encrypted content. The Encryption Wars Are Back, but in Disguise 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z She’s willing to pooh-pooh religious principle to assuage Oedipus’ anxiety, but nothing can stop the past from remorselessly revealing itself. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Now, we must never pooh-pooh officials for a good turn of trash talk. Perspective | Rick Pitino’s return to college hoops at Iona speaks volumes, and these volumes are quite funny 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z It’s easy to pooh-pooh some of these updates: of course Microsoft needs to make Office on Android good, because it has chosen Android as its own mobile OS for the future. Microsoft is doing a better job developing for the web than for Windows 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z “People pooh-pooh cabbage,” he says, “but when they taste it well prepared they say, ‘Oh, I didn’t realize cabbage could be so delicious!’” From common to cool: The lowly cabbage has become a star 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z “A lot of people like to pooh-pooh that idea,” she said. U.S. has little to show for stalled nuclear talks with North Korea Garnishes: While the modern cocktail movement tends to pooh-pooh the fruit that was once piled into Old-Fashioneds, here’s your chance to allow for experimentation. DIY Old-Fashioned bar: a sanity-saving solution for Thanksgiving 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z “I don’t think that I am in a position to pooh-pooh it and say this definitely doesn’t work. But as a physician, I would want to see more evidence-backed science,” she said. Do Collagen Supplements Help Skin, Hair, Nails and Joints? 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z This is what he said: “The scientists who pooh-pooh the mystical stuff can’t explain the hard problem.” Out of their minds: wild ideas at the ‘Coachella of consciousness’ 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z With no wheels and only one track, Maglev trains would pooh-pooh bad weather, the wrong type of leaves on the line, or a points failure at Cricklewood. Maglev trains: will they ever be number one with a bullet? 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z But most Democrats on the left pooh-pooh that logic. As Primaries Begin, Divided Voters Weigh What It Means to Be a Democrat 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z She reunited with Cuomo not just to pooh-pooh Vladimir Putin’s misdeeds anew but to answer Meryl Streep’s complaint about the way Trump once mocked a disabled journalist. The sorcery of Kellyanne Conway 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z When Assange sought to pooh-pooh Moscow’s role with a careful denial that his source hadn’t been “the Russian government” or a “state party,” he got three “Pinocchios” from The Post’s Fact Checker. Trump seems to keep siding with Russia, but what does that get him? 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z “I hoped Kelsey wouldn’t pooh-pooh the idea” of Mason’s appearance in a Fashion Week show, Mr. Frazier said, “and he didn’t.” A Vanderbilt Trades In Her Pop Star Strut for a Runway Glide 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z “It’s easy to pooh-pooh coloring books as just another fad,” Ledger says. Adult coloring books are not just a fad. For some, they are a lifesaver. 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Parrots pooh-pooh the fruit pulp and home in on the seeds, crushing the casings to extract the plant embryos and the cache of fats and proteins intended to help those embryos germinate. Parrots Are a Lot More Than ‘Pretty Bird’ 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z “I generally pooh-pooh spending a lot of money on a shirt, but staying warm is worth the extra cost,” she says. Ski Mountaineering Has Its Ups and Downs 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z "It's just a little bit of compassion with a public leader on TV. You can't pooh-pooh it publicly when you're a leader." In coastal New Jersey, a flood of criticism for Christie follows storm 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Or all the stuff I’d done with Steven Spielberg, not to pooh-pooh those films, but you have no creative control.” Shia LaBeouf: 'Why do I do performance art? Why does a goat jump?' 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z While some journalists and doctors may pooh-pooh or otherwise minimize the epidemic of early-stage breast cancers detected by screening, it may be that these surgeries are life-saving. What We Might Learn From The Early-Stage Breast Cancer Disclosures Of Sandra Lee and Rita Wilson 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z And as much as people pooh-pooh the allure of designer this-and-that, shoppers continue to find validation from the name on the label inside their clothes. Lilly Pulitzer may be good for retail, but it’s terrible fashion 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z It is astounding, and yet Democrats still pooh-pooh the targeting and imply it is the fault of the conservative groups in the first place. Despite Lois Lerner Pass, Judge Orders IRS To Release Key Target List Administration Blocked 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Out of one side of its mouth, the media mocks, and dares pooh-pooh, this story, which some initially called a “non-story.” Seahawks vs. Patriots: National media on Pete Carroll's firing, Doug Baldwin's anger 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Government officials pooh-pooh this idea — yet they trade on it. Bhutan: A Higher State of Being 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Legacy media could easily pooh-pooh the flash movie EPIC, which in 2004 predicted that a colossus named Googlezon would reduce The New York Times to a “newsletter for the elite and the elderly” by 2014. Inside Forbes: The Recharged News Business Faces a Reckoning Long In the Making 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Those who pooh-pooh a bubble often rely on the same arguments. Every Reason You Should Be Worried About a Destructive Tech Bubble 2014-04-09T18:07:22Z Modern biologists pooh-pooh this notion, because self-interest, not generosity, is the currency of evolution by natural selection. Cuckoo Chicks Bring Benefits to Nests They Parasitize 2014-03-26T21:45:00Z “What I don’t like about the media right now is there is a tendency to pooh-pooh what everyone else is doing,” says VandeHei. Can <em>Politico</em> Take Manhattan? 2013-12-05T11:00:19Z It is difficult to pooh-pooh such figures, particularly when the stakes seem so high. Mexico's Coca-Cola Tax Beats Bloomberg's New York Big Soda Ban 2013-10-29T06:19:00Z “It’s hard for anybody to pooh-pooh the idea that we may be on the way to a diplomatic solution,” said Mr. Corker, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. G.O.P. Expresses Hope as Obama Praises Syria Deal 2013-09-16T00:58:05Z But then he goes on to mention that some value “white balance,” which suggests that he’s going to pooh-pooh large display phones. Apple Earnings Analysis Live! More Cash for Shareholders but Where to From Here? 2013-04-23T20:25:02Z Conservatives pooh-pooh the public alarm that the White House raised this week in a last-ditch effort to persuade Congress to avert the cuts. Starvation diet 2013-02-27T18:20:02.793Z The company’s fans pooh-pooh the idea that Apple has peaked. Information technology: Has Apple peaked? 2013-01-24T10:49:10Z If he keeps creating these kinds of memories, he can pooh-pooh ho-hum all he wants. Golden Tate puts on a show ... as usual 2012-11-12T03:24:04Z We must not pooh-pooh the statement of Irish annalists as to the enormous antiquity they give to persons who figure in early Irish history. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z The whole line of testimony on this point is so strong that I am unable to pooh-pooh it away. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z He felt sure that many would pooh-pooh such a document as worthless. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z The Israelis want to continue to operate inside PA territory in the West Bank, and pooh-pooh the Bush administration's plans to rebuild PA security structures to do that job. : Mideast Monitor: Why Gloom Follows Bush Speech 2002-07-09T14:05:00Z Assuming at first to "pooh-pooh" spiritualism as moonshine, his interest nevertheless increased. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z Conservative groups such as the Tax Foundation pooh-pooh the idea of raising tax rates on the rich, asserting that there isn’t enough money available to bother with. Economix Blog: The Rich Can Afford to Pay More Taxes 2011-08-23T10:00:27Z Years ago, when some tactician ventured to say that the war of the future embraced only the question of long-range rifles and wire-entangled trenches, we were inclined to pooh-pooh! South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Mr. Smalley was inclined to pooh-pooh the whole affair as the imagination of a houseful of women. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z Of course, he may be right, but the waiters pooh-pooh the idea. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z To be sure, it is easy to pooh-pooh the Bohemian's measurements and to scout his averages as reckoned from too scanty material. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z Mr. Dingell will not speak of his opponent, and he and his entourage greet the Republican challenge with a collective pooh-pooh. Michigan?s Dingell Counting on a 30th Victory 2010-10-20T02:45:00Z Photographers usually pooh-pooh electronic viewfinders, because no screen is as sharp as real life. State of the Art: New Sony Camera Rises to a New Level 2010-09-22T22:06:00Z Where now are male reactionaries Who flout the feminine, and pooh-pooh Sweet Mathematic Megs and Maries? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890 People will want to come to your little parties, and they will pooh-pooh all ill-natured reports, for their own sake. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance A fellow of my experience ought to have known better than pooh-pooh any native story however tall. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley A play may succeed without it, and a temporary school of psychologues may even pretend to pooh-pooh it as an outworn mode of cheap theatrics. How to See a Play "If it is suggested, you must pooh-pooh the notion." Leonore Stubbs And in poetry his gifts, if they are never of the very highest, are so various and often so high that it is absolutely absurd to pooh-pooh him as a poet. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Lancaster, whenever he noticed her dejection, was inclined to pooh-pooh it. The Plow-Woman Aunt Constance was not in the mood to pooh-pooh the tendresses of a youthful passion. When Ghost Meets Ghost Botanists, scientists, and matter-of-fact people of all sorts pooh-pooh this legend, as, indeed, many people nowadays pooh-pooh the very existence of Christ. Byways of Ghost-Land Tories may pooh-pooh; I wore a smaller hat When this old hat was new! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 I heard, I think, but one man pooh-pooh, not so much this universal regard for the Prince, as a universal enthusiasm for something royal. Westward with the Prince of Wales Mr. Gladstone and his tribe may pooh-pooh this notion, but the feeling in Ulster is strong and immovable. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The bulbul hummeth like a book Upon the pooh-pooh tree, And now and then he takes a look At you and me, At me and you. The Battle of the Bays The examples of cures already cited are outside your experience and you may be tempted to pooh-pooh them. The Practice of Autosuggestion "Nonsense," said she, sharply, denying the fact since she could no longer pooh-pooh its significance. Captain Dieppe Of course the planters generally pooh-pooh the idea, but it is not to be despised, and a few of them have already left their plantations and come down here. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson The English Home Rulers may pooh-pooh our fears, but they know nothing about it. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule She had an instinct that the head girl would pooh-pooh the whole matter, and either call her a ridiculous child, or be rather angry with her for harbouring such ideas about her house mistress. A Patriotic Schoolgirl We all pooh-pooh, but we'd be bitterly disappointed if all spirit footsteps turned out to be rats rolling nuts. The Tyranny of the Dark When that old joke was new, It was not hard to joke, And puns we now pooh-pooh, Great laughter would provoke. The Book of Humorous Verse I had expected that perhaps he might pooh-pooh the whole thing, but he did nothing of the kind. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein The captain was rather inclined to pooh-pooh the whole thing, but he was not at all sorry to share an adventure that brought him into a closer relationship with Moya Dwight. The Highgrader Loyal Australians pooh-pooh these prints and entreat the stranger within their gates to believe that they are despised and without influence. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile It is all very well to pooh-pooh Mr. George and to prove him mistaken in his political economy. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American But any one looking at them in their backwoods prosperity would pooh-pooh the idea as being utterly preposterous! Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure He had grumbled a little on being roused, and was at first inclined rather peevishly to 'pooh-pooh' all suggestion of conspiracies and personal danger. The Dictator And he let his Attorney General pooh-pooh the proceedings,—this in face of the great popular excitement and enthusiasm. The Plum Tree He was the one who did the weeping and pouting, and had the "nerves" and made the scenes; while she, on such occasions, would viciously roll a cigarette, swear under her breath, console and pooh-pooh. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians "All right, sister; I will never pooh-pooh anything you say, but this time you are at fault." Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field But I always notice, Effie, and it distresses me not a little113 that any suggestion of George's you are likely to pooh-pooh; now, surely that is scarcely fair to him, dear fellow? A Girl in Ten Thousand In mathematics he propounded problems that made the worthy captain pooh-pooh and change the subject. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists I suppose the tendency would have been to pooh-pooh it. Robin What folly in the one to pooh-pooh or be suspicious of the exertions of the other. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country That was the sort of apparition that no guilty man would dare to pooh-pooh. Tales Of Hearsay This Max Müller revengefully styled the "pooh-pooh" theory. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 Undoubtedly, the East Enders have committed colossal blunders; so have their predecessors, and so do the doctrinaire Socialists who pooh-pooh them. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 He did not believe that Akers cared a penny piece for a membership, and pooh-pooh it as he would, this trifling affair would not let him alone. The Measure of a Man When Warton issued the first volume of his "Essay on Pope," it was easy for leaders of literary opinion, like Johnson and Goldsmith, to pooh-pooh the critical canons of the new school. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Old Fashioned Fun When that old joke was new, It was not hard to joke, And puns we now pooh-pooh, Great laughter would provoke. More Toasts Let not the man who cannot reconcile his sympathies in the American struggle with his convictions on the question of slavery pooh-pooh this as an extravagant fancy picture of something that never can occur. Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848 It were useless for teachers to pooh-pooh this matter as visionary and inconsequential or to disregard aspiration as a vital factor in the scheme of education. The Reconstructed School Tallisker might pooh-pooh sectional or political differences, but he was himself far too scrupulous to regard with indifference the smallest theological hesitation. Scottish sketches And it is just so that the understanding in its pride of success thinks to pooh-pooh all that it considers impractical and visionary. The Function of the Poet and Other Essays It was that, no doubt, which induced Braddock to disregard the opinion, and to pooh-pooh the knowledge of his then A.D.C. Stories of the Border Marches They used to pooh-pooh the idea of the alchemists that gold had medicinal virtue. Là-bas The great man becomes great in spite of teachers and parents: and his near kinsmen, being color-blind, usually pooh-pooh the idea that he is anything more than mediocre. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Though familiar to all men, I'm wholly unknown; You're inclined to pooh-pooh, and to say I am wrong? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 11, 1891 And so the good old citizens are induced to say that these things have always been, or else they gently pooh-pooh them. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great So he concluded his essay in the pooh-pooh tone of voice. Cock Lane and Common-Sense Such words as goody-goody and to pooh-pooh have become accepted as part of our normal vocabulary, but the method of duplication may on occasion be used more freely than is indicated by such stereotyped examples. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech Your powers we dauntlessly pooh-pooh: Although our threats you now pooh-pooh, A dire revenge will fall on you. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Of course there are other experts who pooh-pooh the entire Virus issue and see it as an over-exploited media event propelled by Virus Busters. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel At first no great attention was paid to the book, the only notice being the usual attempts in sundry clerical newspapers to pooh-pooh it. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Now that he was relieved from Barron's bodily presence, he was by no means inclined to pooh-pooh the communication which had been made to him. The Case of Richard Meynell He thought if it was only any other girl—any of Miss Teazle's heroines, he could pooh-pooh it so easily, but Honor was not one of them at all—his heart told him that. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense If Paramount our King Presume to hesitate Put on the screw, And caution him That he will rue Disaster grim That must ensue To life and limb, Should he pooh-pooh This harmless whim. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan It is easy to pooh-pooh his crusade against Sabbath labour as mere scrupulousness about externals. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes After the lesson of 1857 it will not do for me to adopt the happy-go-lucky tone, and to pooh-pooh what professes to be information. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin These heretics of course pooh-pooh absolutely the lions of metaphysics. The Glands Regulating Personality They would pooh-pooh anything we might say that was not backed by proof. The Iron Game A Tale of the War Of course you will pooh-pooh whatever's fresh and new, and declare it's crude and mean, For Art stopped short in the cultivated court of the Empress Josephine. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Surely if we could recall that early bitterness, and the dim guesses, the strangely perspectiveless conception of life, that gave the bitterness its intensity, we should not pooh-pooh the griefs of our children. The Mill on the Floss It is all very well to pooh-pooh Boswell as Macaulay has done, but it is not by chance that a man writes the best biography in the language. Through the Magic Door True, I tried to pooh-pooh away the sentiment, and said to myself: 'Why bother your head about her? Caesar's Column Even whilst admitting that spiritualism and materialism make different prophecies of the world's future, you may yourselves pooh-pooh the difference as something so infinitely remote as to mean nothing for a sane mind. Pragmatism He won't be able to say a word against it, but he will pooh-pooh it to a dead certainty. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 These are the sort of ideas which find their home in academies, and out of their dignified windows pooh-pooh new things. Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society You pooh-pooh my feelings, you refuse to regard me as anything but a donkey, you prophesy that in a year or two I shall repent having made a disinterested marriage. A Life's Morning This feature of the process renders it one which the strongest minded cannot pooh-pooh. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo The upshot of the barrel-organs article was to answer this question in the affirmative and to pooh-pooh all further discussion. Canterbury Pieces They always said it might be something great and fine to be rightful Shadow of an earldom, but to merely be shadow of a shadow, and two or three times removed at that—pooh-pooh! The American Claimant If I am not mistaken, he will pooh-pooh the whole thing; tell you to keep quiet, not to worry, and so on. The Return There is a Saturnine philosopher, standing at the door of his book-shop, who, I fancy, has a pooh-pooh expression as the triumph passes. Roundabout Papers For many years to come, it will be the fashion among literary critics to pooh-pooh Whistler, the writer, as an amateur. Yet Again And writings that picture the human mind and nature, in true colors and in artistic proportions, are literature, and nobody has any business to pooh-pooh them. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American Forty years ago an animated controversy raged among the supporters of the theories which were named for short the bow-wow, the pooh-pooh and the ding-dong theories of the origin of language. Darwin and Modern Science It had been my foolish way to pooh-pooh the old saying that there is no twilight in the tropics. Dead Men Tell No Tales In England, until very late days, we have been accustomed rather to pooh-pooh national Orders, to vote ribbons and crosses tinsel gewgaws, foolish foreign ornaments, and so forth. Roundabout Papers After a hearty meal, the girl felt inclined to pooh-pooh her fancies of half an hour before. Secret Adversary It is unnecessary here to enter into a prolonged discussion of the other views christened by Max Muller, not without energetic protest from their supporters, the bow-wow and pooh-pooh theories of language. Darwin and Modern Science |
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