| 单词 | a bottle of smoke |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa bottle of smoke a. a bottle of smoke: an impossible, illusory, or evanescent thing or (occasionally) person; something without substance, a chimera.In quot. 1787, with reference to Psalm 119:83, ‘For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes’ (King James Bible). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell lies [verb (intransitive)] lie971 leasec1000 triflec1305 gabc1330 fablec1525 fitten1577 falsify1629 Cretize1655 a bottle of smoke1787 wrinkle1819 blague1883 1787 W. Huntington Mod. Plasterer Detected 105 As there is nothing in your heart but confusion and rebellion against God, you are justly compared to a bottle of smoke. 1811 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 5 Oct. The business is certainly past a joke, But at present it seems a bottle of smoke. 1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year III. ii. 72 His learned friend's case was one of the most trumpery that had ever come before a committee—a mere bottle of smoke. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxxiv. 287 So much for my romance of love! It had ended in a bottle of smoke. 2013 Sunday Independent (Nexis) 7 Apr. 21 He is the dark matter at the heart of the story: a bottle of smoke, a construct of secrets and lies. < as lemmas |
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