| 单词 | as long as one's arm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas long as one's arm e. as long as one's arm: very long; of indeterminate length. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > in longitudinal extent [phrase] > very long as long as one's arm1765 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. iv. 13 I would lay any travelling odds, that I this moment write a chapter upon Calais as long as my arm. 1835 C. M. Sedgwick Linwoods I. x. 157 I was cutting 'cross lots before sunset with a mess of trout, long as my arm. 1846 J. F. Cooper Ravensnest II. ii. 43 Leases as long as my arm, I calkerlate? 1857 H. Melville Confidence-man vi. 39 A fellow with a face as long as my arm. 1921 Boston Post 18 Jan. 4/2 He was ‘General’ Philippe de Clamecy with a French ancestry as long as an arm. 1938 M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds xx. 370 Jock has a record as long as your arm. 2000 J. Goldman Dreamworld vii. 41 They would never have approved of a guy like Leon. Rap sheet as long as your arm. < as lemmas |
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