单词 | as full as one can stick |
释义 | > as lemmasas full (also close, etc.) as one can stick P3. as full (also close, etc.) as one can stick: as full, close, etc., as one can be; very full, close, etc. Now rare. ΚΠ 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes To Rdr. sig. B3 The Doctors proceedings haue thrust vpon mee this sowterly Metaphor..and prickt those sheets or soales as full of the hob-nayles of reprehension as they could sticke. 1684 T. Otway Atheist v. 58 As I hope to see you happy, Madam, I put it [sc. the note] as fast here between these two poor naked Breasts here, as ever it could stick, so I did. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 9 Make..a solid Foundation..of Piles..driven in as close together as ever they can stick. 1839 Ladies' Compan. July 117/2 Now, my house is just as full as it can stick; the children sleep four in a bed. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxviii She..was..as full of fun and games as she could stick. 1905 H. F. Day Squire Phin iii. 8 Folks would listen to him shoutin' up that ‘infant anaconda’—that's what he called the angle-worm—and would pay ten cents and go in and then would come out mad as they could stick. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xxvi. 279 The future seemed to me to look about as black as it could stick. 1947 H. E. Bates Purple Plain iii. 35 You know how it is... Everywhere is as full as it can stick. < as lemmas |
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