| 单词 | like a dream |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslike a dream P6. Originally U.S. like a dream: easily, effortlessly, without difficulty; (also) very well, successfully. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > easy, easily, or without difficulty [phrase] with a wet finger1542 for the whistling1546 like a bird1825 as easy (or simple) as falling (or rolling) off a log1839 without tears1857 like a dream1882 as easy as winking1907 1882 Las Vegas Daily Gaz. 9 Sept. 2/1 The Sherwin and Strahn scheme didn’t work like a dream or a charm, and Governor Sheldon still holds the governor’s three-legged stool down. 1887 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 2 May 3/5 The line was built..and for two weeks or a month it worked like a dream. 1894 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 14 Dec. 5/5 I have got hold of an old-time colored ‘auntie’ who cooks like a dream. 1923 I. Gershwin Hot Hindoo in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 34/2 Back in the land where Buddha is all supreme, There's a sweet nautch girl who can dance like a dream. 1949 R. Stout Second Confession (1950) xi. 87 The engine..starts like a dream, warm or cold. 1961 Guardian 28 Nov. 16/2 The Piccadilly one-way system..worked ‘like a dream’ throughout the day. 1996 D. Paterson in H. Ritchie New Sc. Writing 72 The new poem is coming along like a dream. 2004 Canad. Yachting Apr. 32/1 It steers like a dream. < as lemmas |
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