at third hand

介词短语

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Indirectly, through a series of two intermediaries.
    — 'I doubt if you will ever have met "Rainproof" Nogg,' wrote one about this time—a shrewd old lady whose Dutch-sounding name caused pushful young hostesses to prick up their ears even when it reached them at third hand.
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