| 单词 | game as ned kelly |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(as) game as Ned Kelly P2. Australian colloquial. (as) game as Ned Kelly: very spirited or brave; very willing. Cf. Ned Kelly n. 1. ΚΠ 1894 Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, Austral.) 15 Jan. The chief warder of the gaol..is quite enthusiastic over the woman [sc. Frances Knorr]. ‘She was as brave as Ned Kelly,’ he said after the hanging.] 1927 Western Mail (Perth, Austral.) 29 Sept. 46/5 I am a young Australian, and game as Ned Kelly, and when I see the money squandered on the group settlements, it makes my heart bleed. 1928 N. Palmer Austral. Story-bk. 180 As game as Ned Kelly, I tell you, my boy Bert! 1945 R. Rene Mo's Mem. 24 He was game as Ned Kelly, and he'd ride anything. 1983 B. Dawe Over here, Harv! 102 You know me—game as Ned Kelly—so I said, ‘What're you doing after you knock off?’ 2007 L. Laube Is this Way to Madagascar? xiii. 121 This local boy, a bedraggled white bird, was scrawny but as game as Ned Kelly. < as lemmas |
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