swallow the dictionary

English

Verb

swallow the dictionary (third-person singular simple present swallows the dictionary, present participle swallowing the dictionary, simple past and past participle swallowed the dictionary)

To speak using long or obscure words.
- 1918, The Saturday Evening Post - Volume 190, page 5:
  I swear, I don't know where you get all this swallowing the dictionary business!” - He himself never read anything but the ticker and the sporting news.
- 2011, A., ‎Adrian Furnham, Managing People in a Downturn, →ISBN:
  Knowledge is deposited in (virtual and real) libraries. People who “swallow” the dictionary are articulate, eloquent and verbally dextrous. They have a greater store of words. Knowledge is captured in books, which is why the number of books in a household contains an excellent index of the social class of that house.
- 2014, Doris Lessing, African Stories, →ISBN, page 293:
  “You swallowed the dictionary?” said Mrs. Black, with an ingratiating smile.
- 2014, Ray Simm, Hants Hills To Arctic Tundra, →ISBN, page 103:
  When I used a couple of words that an Uncle from the Boston States considered beyond my years, he asked me if I had swallowed the dictionary.

单词	swallow the dictionary
释义	swallow the dictionary English Verb swallow the dictionary (third-person singular simple present swallows the dictionary, present participle swallowing the dictionary, simple past and past participle swallowed the dictionary) To speak using long or obscure words. 1918, The Saturday Evening Post - Volume 190, page 5: I swear, I don't know where you get all this swallowing the dictionary business!” - He himself never read anything but the ticker and the sporting news. 2011, A., ‎Adrian Furnham, Managing People in a Downturn, →ISBN: Knowledge is deposited in (virtual and real) libraries. People who “swallow” the dictionary are articulate, eloquent and verbally dextrous. They have a greater store of words. Knowledge is captured in books, which is why the number of books in a household contains an excellent index of the social class of that house. 2014, Doris Lessing, African Stories, →ISBN, page 293: “You swallowed the dictionary?” said Mrs. Black, with an ingratiating smile. 2014, Ray Simm, Hants Hills To Arctic Tundra, →ISBN, page 103: When I used a couple of words that an Uncle from the Boston States considered beyond my years, he asked me if I had swallowed the dictionary.
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