词汇 | hobnob |
词源 | hobnob. To hobnob with someone is to be very close friends with him. The word is formed from hob, “give,” and nob, “take,” which derive from the Anglo-Saxon hab and nab, meaning the same. To hobnob involves giving and taking, as has always been the way with true friends. |
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