The position of excelling others; place of honour; first or highest place; pre-eminence. Usually in to bear (also have, carry) the price: to be…
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > surpass everything (7) to bear (also have, carry) the pricea1275 The position of excelling others; place of honour; first or highest place; pre-eminence. Usually in to bear (also have, carry) the price: to be… it passes1549 intransitive. it passes: it exceeds all ordinary limits; it surpasses everything; it defies description. Obsolete. to cap the climax1804 Hence phrases, to cap the climax, to cap all. to take the rag off (the bush)1810 U.S. colloquial to take the rag off (the bush): to excel, surpass all; to ‘take the biscuit’ (now often used ironically or as an expression of… to beat cockfighting1821 colloquial. to beat cockfighting: to surpass everyone or everything. Now rare. to beat (or bang) Banagher1830 to beat (or bang) Banagher: to surpass everything. (Cf. bang, v.1 6.) to beat the band1890 Colloquial phrases: when the band begins to play, when matters become serious; to beat the band, lit. so as to drown the noise made by the band… |
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