| 单词 | fit for a king |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfit for a king (also queen) fit for a king (also queen) and variants: of very high quality or calibre; of the most luxurious, lavish, or estimable kind. Π 1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (xlix) f. 188v Pleasures vpon pleasures fit for a king. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. ii. 214 Thou art a cure fit for a King . View more context for this quotation 1694 Fifteen Comforts Rash Marriage (ed. 4) ii. 14 Company fit for a Princess, Men and Women of Quality. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus Colloq. 112 It is a noble Dinner, fit for a Prince. 1785 London Mag. June 437/1 An artificial garland will I bring, That Clement Cottrell shall declare, With courtly air, fit for a Prince, fit for a King! 1844 G. L. Craik Sketches Hist. Lit. & Learning Eng. II. 221 His son, though born to the throne..received a schoolmastering fit for a bishop. 1874 Aldine 7 220/2 Here..was one of the most elegant shawls that I had ever looked upon—a garment fit for a queen. 1956 Life 2 Apr. 17/2 (advt.) If you're a one-car family, see us for a choice of late model cars fit for a Texas land baron. 1974 J. Seymour Fat of Land (new ed.) v. 71 Ash..is magnificent for firewood: ‘seer or green it's fit for a queen!’ 2003 Occasions Spring 73/1 (advt.) Gujarati and Punjabi specialities, mouth-watering chaats, mithais that melt your heart... Cuisines fit for a king. < as lemmas |
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