Tom, Dick, and Harry
noun[S]
disapprovinguk/ˌtɒm ˌdɪk ənd ˈhær.i/us/ˌtɑːm ˌdɪk ənd ˈher.i/(alsoTom, Dick, or Harry,uk/ˌtɒm ˌdɪk ɔː ˈhær.i/us/ˌtɒm ˌdɪk ɔːr ˈhær.i/)used to refer to anordinarypersonor allordinarypeople:
普通人；任何人This was notinformationfor everyTom, Dick, and Harry to haveaccessto.这并不是任何普通人都能了解到的信息。
You'dbetterget anelectriciantofixthis - you don'twantanyTom, Dick, or Harrymessingaround withyourwiring.你最好找个电工来修这个——不要随便让什么人乱动你这里的电路。
- She didn'tissuetheinvitationto everyTom, Dick, or Harry.
- Did hethinkprivatenumberswere given out to anyTom, Dick, or Harry whoaskedfor them?
- When I'm astarI won'twanteveryTom, Dick and Harryrunningto thepaperssaying I wastheircleaner.
Ordinary people
- banausic
- community
- Essex girl
- everyman
- grassroots
- John Doe
- John Q. Public
- man/woman of the peopleidiom
- mass
- mass market
- mortal
- omnibus
- popular
- popularly
- prole
- public
- rabble
- the common manidiom
- the man/woman in the streetidiom
- the man/woman on the Clapham omnibusidiom
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Someone, anyone, no one or everyone