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Reader Question: stand-up guy “You're a stand-up guy, and that's great, but...” Could you explain “stand-up-guy”? My comments: A “stand-up guy” is someone you definitely want to have on your side. Whether he is an associate at work or a future husband, a stand-up guy is someone who is loyal, trustworthy, dependable and basically an all-around good person. A stand-up guy is not to be confused with a “stand-up comedian”, an entertainer who performs jokes and funny dialogue while standing in front of an audience with a microphone. According to the website phrases.org.uk, the phrase is American and was used as far back as 1935 in the newspaper “The Charleroi Mail” when someone was discussing New York Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert: "But he [Jacob Ruppert] seems to be a 'stand-up guy' and loyalty, with him, seems to be less a virtue than obsession." 本文仅代表作者本人观点，与本网立场无关。欢迎大家讨论学术问题，尊重他人，禁止人身攻击和发布一切违反国家现行法律法规的内容。 Related stories | |
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Nancy Matos is a foreign expert at China Daily Website. Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Nancy is a graduate of the Broadcast Journalism and Media program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Her journalism career in broadcast and print has taken her around the world from New York to Portugal and now Beijing. Nancy is happy to make the move to China and join the China Daily team. |
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