| 单词 | in the gristle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the gristle b. figurative with reference to the gristly nature of the bones in infancy. in the gristle: in an initiatory, unformed, or embryonic stage of existence. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > at the beginning [phrase] > in early stage embryon1581 in (the) embryon1607 in embryo1631 in the bud1677 in the gristle1775 1775 E. Burke Speech Resol. for Concil. Colonies 14 A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood. 1865 Morning Star 22 May As yet, of course, this business is in the gristle. 1880 ‘E. Kirke’ Life J. A. Garfield 46 Talleyrand once said to the first Napoleon that ‘the United States was a giant without bones’. Since that time our gristle has been rapidly hardening. < as lemmas |
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