| 单词 | licks like peas |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslicks like peas P2. Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad). like peas: in large quantities; in great numbers; to a considerable extent. licks like peas: repeated blows; a sound thrashing or trouncing (chiefly figurative, often in sporting contexts); cf. lick n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > in large quantities by (also at, in) wholesale1417 in great1447 by greatc1475 by the whole1592 by the yard1845 in block1870 in bulk1908 like peas1959 1959 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 2 June 12/4 We've won and will again. If we resign now, it will be licks like peas again. 1967 M. Anthony Green Days by River x. 67 This place have alligators like peas! 1989 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Nov. ‘Licks like fire, licks like peas, we're gonna bring the USA to their knees,’ goes one [football] chant. 2016 Fensic www.trinispeak.com 11 June (blog, accessed 25 Nov. 2020) One day, ah new supermarket open... People like peas line up outside dis new place. < as lemmas |
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