| 单词 | as hungry as a horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas hungry as a horse In similes expressing a comparison with an animal or (less commonly) a person regarded as having a very large or keen appetite, as as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a horse, as hungry as a wolf, etc.: very hungry; famished; ravenous. ΚΠ 1578 J. Stockwood Serm. Barthelmew Day 38 The Romane souldiors..were wholly bente vppon the spoile, as hungrie as Wolues. 1607 T. Dekker & G. Wilkins Iests to make you Merie sig. Cv [She] came home late, cald for victuals, and swore she was as hungry as a dogge. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxxiv. 302 A profuse sweat..relieved me from all my complaints, except that of weakness; and left me as hungry as a kite. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. ii. 15 ‘I'm as hungry as a hunter.’.. ‘I'm glad you're hungry, my dear, I've such a nice dinner for you,’ replied the wife. 1881 Sci. Amer. 2 July 10/3 Oh, I am as hungry as a horse! 1972 G. M. Brown Greenvoe (1976) v. 168 More than once he has the smell of beer on his breath when he comes in,..hungry as a hawk, for his supper. 2019 @chaniecooks 28 July in twitter.com (accessed 27 Aug. 2019) How is oatmeal so filling yet leaves you hungry as a bear not 25 minutes later?! < as lemmas |
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