| 单词 | all very fine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall very fine (and large) b. all very fine (and large): = all very well at Phrases 27a. Also attributive designating the feeling that something is fine only up to a point. Cf. fine adj. 7c.In use with large, now somewhat archaic. ΚΠ 1819 J. Poole Short Reign & Merry One ii. iii. 49 That may be all very fine; but don't think I'm to be done out of my estate. 1861 T. A. Trollope La Beata I. iv. 74 It is all very fine, but one must live. 1887 Referee 7 Aug. 2/4 How many people passed the turnstiles at the Alexandra Palace I am not in a position to say, but that the attendance was all very fine and large is beyond dispute. 1953 C. Day Lewis Ital. Visit iii. 34 Terribly apt to ask what Our all-very-fine sensations were in aid of. 2003 M. Amis Yellow Dog 160 That's all very fine and large. Because the wound's in you, my son. 2003 Daily Tel. 17 Mar. 15/4 This is all very fine, except that even, [his] best friends could not, hand on heart, argue that his performance has been much cop. < as lemmas |
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