| 单词 | as sound as a pippin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas sound (also healthy, etc.) as a pippin b. as sound (also healthy, etc.) as a pippin and variants: in perfect health or condition. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [phrase] as sound (also healthy, etc.) as a pippin1843 there are no flies on1848 1843 N. P. Willis in New Mirror 27 May 113/1 Her voice had a tone clear as the ring of a silver dollar; and her lungs must have been as sound as a pippin. 1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 139/1 He's as sound as a pippin. 1910 H. Belloc Verses 81 I said to Heart, ‘How goes it?’ Heart replied: ‘Right as a Ribstone Pippin!’ But it lied. 1975 New Yorker 26 May 33/2 The old Portagee is cheerful, healthy as a pippin apple. < as lemmas |
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