| 单词 | every rope's length |
| 释义 | > as lemmasevery rope's length 2. Irish English. every rope's length: every part or bit; cf. every inch at inch n.1 Phrases 3. Frequently in how is every rope's length of you and variants: ‘how are you?’ Now rare. ΚΠ 1829 Pocket Mag. 2 171 ‘I'd make bould to take that bit of a leap, your majesty,’ says he, ‘for the sake of that purty crathur, yandher,’ says he, ‘an that she is every rope's length of her,’ says he. 1841 Irish Penny Jrnl. May 247/2 How is every rope's length of you, Larry, and how is the woman and the childre at home? 1885 M. W. Brew Chron. Castle Cloyne II. i. 7 Fake an' sure, he's his father's son, every rope's length ov him! 1902 M. B. Robinson Left-side Man 122 Faith, thin, I'm murdherous middlin', Master Cahal. How is every rope's length of yourself? 1909 Nenagh (County Tipperary, Ireland) Guardian 30 Oct. 2/6 'Tis a month of Sundays since I saw you last. And how is every rope's length of you and every vein in your body. 1953 R. Park Power of Roses 151 Well, don't be forgetting that the sooner it is, the more I'll love every rope's length of you. < as lemmas |
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