单词 | as like as an apple to an oyster |
释义 | > as lemmasas like as an apple to an oyster P5. as like as an apple to an oyster and variants: see oyster n. and adj. Phrases 1d. as like as an apple to an oyster d. as like as an apple to an oyster and variants: totally different. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [phrase] > totally different nothing like?a1425 as like as an apple to an oyster1533 eyes and (also or) no eyes1656 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere vii. p. ccccii Hys symylytude of grammer lykened vnto fayth, is no more lyke then an apple to an oyster. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 40 They are no more one like another than an Apple is like an Oyster. ?1856 J. Pilgrim Limerick Boy i. ii. 9 He is a scapegrace, and no more like his father, than an apple is like an oyster. < as lemmas |
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