| 单词 | as cute as a christian |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas cute (also sensible, cunning, etc.) as a Christian a. colloquial. A human being, as distinguished from an animal. Frequently in as cute (also sensible, cunning, etc.) as a Christian: designating an animal with human qualities or intelligence. Now chiefly English regional and Irish English. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] > distinguished from animal or thing person1481 Christiana1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 270 Shee hath more qualities then a Water-Spaniell, which is much in a bare Christian . View more context for this quotation 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. ii. 87 The word Christian is in common Language us'd for Man, in opposition to Brute-Beast, without leaving so much as a middle place for the poor Heathen or Pagan. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. iii. 208 A fitter Food for a Horse than a Christian . View more context for this quotation 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 55 [The] sagacious quadruped..walked in and out of the boat with the discretion of a Christian. 1870 Harper's Mag. Jan. 220/2 That cute old horse—bless him! He's jest as sensible as a Christian, and better than half of us is. 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) 66 Dunna give it to th' dog; its fit for a Christian to eat. 1977 J. Plunkett Coll. Short Stories 281 The dog was as cute as a christian and whenever a stranger came into Tim's it used to go over, plant its skinny chin on the stranger's lap and look up. 1996 S. Moylan Lang. Kilkenny 65 You'd pity any poor Christian would be out of a night like this. < as lemmas |
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