单词 | as black as the ace of spades |
释义 | > as lemmasas black as the ace of spades c. colloquial. as black as the ace of spades: very black or dark; esp. (of a person) having very dark skin (now usually offensive). ΚΠ 1817 New Evangelical Mag. Aug. 247 If..anyone should call him a black man, even though he was as black as the ace of spades, the negro could sue him. 1867 H. Alger Charlie Codman's Cruise 93 A kitten, black as the ace of spades,..jumped into the lap of her young mistress. 1921 E. O'Neill Emperor Jones 168 Well, heah I is. In de nick o' time, too! Little mo' an' it'd be blacker 'n de ace of spades heahabouts. 1978 J. McGahern Getting Through 149 He had an Oxford accent. Very posh. But apparently he's as black as the ace of spades. 1991 Tablet 21 Dec. 1579/1 There's not a star to be seen. It's as black as the ace of spades. 2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) vii. 172 Beautiful men, enlisted by the Krauts, black as the ace of spades; poor fools didn't even know why they were there. < as lemmas |
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