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who shot John
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First attested in the 1860s as a game among students at British military academies; in later use, 主に米国用法.
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- (idiomatic) Long and involved explanation, finger-pointing, or assignment of credit or blame.
- 1979, Mr. Morris, quoted in Reauthorization of programs under the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, United States General Printing Office, page 17,
- 1980, Leonard S Janofsky, “On the Roads to Regulatory Reform”, in American Bar Association Journal:
- A great number of the most important questions presented to our regulatory agencies have nothing to do with "who shot John."
- 1984, Hearing on H.R. 4805 ... and H.R. 425 ... Before the Investigations Subcommittee on the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, August 1, 1984, volume 5, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Investigations, page 17:
- It is hard to go back and do a who shot John and determine who is responsible for the procedures that are in effect today.
- 1986 December 21, William Safire, "On Language", New York Times, Sect. 6, pg. 6:
- 1987 May 13, Ms. Gradison, quoted in The Clayton Act Amendments of 1987 (railroad antitrust immunity) : hearing before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies, and Business Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, United States General Printing Office, page 88,
- 2004, Thomas Friedman, quoted in International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East Staff, Role of Civil Society in Promoting a Just And Lasting Peace in the Middle East: An Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue, United Nations Publications, →ISBN, page 67,
- 2009, J Bravin, “Justice Stevens Renders an Opinion on Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays”, in Wall Street Journal:
- To her, however, the authorship evidence is inconclusive. Besides, "coming off a college education in postmodern literary theory, I was mildly troubled by the 'who-shot-John?' interest in who the real Shakespeare was," she says. "My view is that the work stands on own."
- (idiomatic) Nonsense; rubbish.
- 1917 April, Hal B. Stroup, “letter”, in The Bricklayer, mason and plasterer, volume 20, Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America, page 25:
- This "Who-Shot-John" stuff about "Love thine enemy" is all very pretty, but I would rather have a little regard and do a good turn for a man that has proved himself my friend by having stuck to the organization that has raised my wages and thereby making It possible for me to give my family more of the necessities of life.
- (idiomatic) Something bad; a mess.
- 2008, Theresa Renee White, Media as Pedagogy and Socializing Agent:
- "I don't know why you wanna run around looking like Who Shot John," exclaims Monica's mother, played by Alfre Woodard. These words may seem a bit harsh, but they were supposedly said with a loving sentiment.
- 2012, Cattina C. Coleman, To Have, To Hold, and To Never Let Go
- (Southern US) Liquor, especially illegally made.
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