单词 | as —— as they make them |
释义 | > as lemmasas —— as they make them f. transitive. colloquial. as —— as they make them: as —— as possible. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > in or to the greatest degree never solOE with (also mid) the mostc1275 for the masteryc1325 to the bestc1390 to the uttermostc1400 at the hardest1429 to the utmostc1450 to the skies (also sky)1559 at float1594 all to nothing1606 to the height1609 to the proofa1625 to the last degree1639 to the welkin?1746 (the) worst kind1839 for all it's worth1864 as —— as they make them?a1880 in the highest1897 to the nth (degree, power)1897 up to eleven1987 ?a1880 in J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang (1896) IV. 273/1 (title of broadside ballad) As good as they make 'em. 1889 G. Allen Tents of Shem I. iii. 51 I like them—thorough ladies,..and as clever as they make them. 1934 T. S. Eliot Rock i. 13 'e was a fine fellow on one side and as bad as they make 'em on the other. 1960 G. W. Target Teachers (1962) 52 He looked about as miserable as they make 'em. < as lemmas |
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