| 单词 | high, wide, and handsome |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh, wide, and handsome P3. Originally U.S. high, wide, and handsome and variants: in a carefree or stylish manner; in great style. ΚΠ 1891 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Weekly Leader 26 Jan. The N. M. has got some salve that will make anyone step high, wide and handsome. 1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) 35 Tim could talk high, wide, and handsome when he set out to. 1932 ‘Spindrift’ Yankee Slang 21 High, wide and handsome, in good or great style. Common shout at a rodeo: ‘Ride him, Cowboy, high, wide and handsome.’ 1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime iii. 50 He has a nasty way of lugging Pongo out into the open and..proceeding to step high, wide and plentiful. 1958 L. van der Post Lost World of Kalahari (1961) vii. 155 The day was riding high, wide and handsome into the deeps of the incredible blue sky. 2012 Scotsman (Nexis) 27 Jan. 43 It must be chastening for Japanese industry. It rode high, wide and handsome until the country's property/stock market bubble burst in 1990. < as lemmas |
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