| 单词 | all over the show |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall over the show P5. all over the show: throughout or in every part of an area; in every aspect; (in extended use) disordered, irregular, in disarray, in a state of chaos; = all over the place at place n.1 Phrases 2e, all over the shop at shop n., adj., and int. Phrases 13. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > in confusion or disorder [phrase] out of (also from, off) (one's) bias1590 all over the place1719 all over the shop1866 all over the show1888 in a clutter1890 1888 Isle of Man Times 28 Nov. 3/7 Douglas were more or less beaten all over the show. 1893 Bristol Mercury 20 May (Weekly Suppl.) 8/5 My arms are in slings, my back I can't bend, My teeth are all over the show. 1934 C. Brooks Jrnl. 10 June (1998) 60 From that moment it was a shambles. Free fights all over the show. 1947 ‘A. P. Gaskell’ Big Game 24 Is he very shickered? Yes; he's all over the show. 1980 M. Drabble Middle Ground 171 The district's not what it was... Arabs, all over the show. Shocking, isn't it? 1998 P. Jooste Dance with Poor Man's Daughter (1999) iv. 76 I mustn't spread this kind of talk all over the show. 2015 Hutt News (N.Z.) (Nexis) 25 Aug. 34 Before we got to him, he was just all over the show and didn't know what he wanted to do. < as lemmas |
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