| 单词 | like a possum up a gum tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslike a possum up a gum tree P1. slang (U.S. and Australian) like a possum up a gum tree and variants: in a state of contentment; (also occasionally Australian) with all desirable speed, skill, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective] paidc1225 well-queemc1225 well-paidc1230 apaid1297 well-apaidc1300 setea1350 pleaseda1382 contentc1400 agreed1417 well-pleased1423 well begonea1425 well-contenta1438 well-contented1461 satisfied1477 contentful1542 unrepining1559 satisfied1566 sufficed1590 contented1597 undispleased1598 perfecta1616 complacential1658 in humour1673 beneplacit1678 comfortable1770 gratified1818 wishless1820 like a possum up a gum tree1840 chuffc1860 all right1882 gruntled1938 chuffed1957 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > skilled at or versed in [phrase] > adroit like a possum up a gum tree1840 1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants 156 The very woods and hills shake with the negro song of ‘possum up a gum-tree’.] 1840 F. W. Thomas Howard Pinckney I. viii. 66 The collar of his jacket was turned up, and the brim of his hat turned down so as to meet it, and keep him, as he said, as snug as a possum in a gum tree. 1894 A. B. Bell Oscar 37 I scooted up that wall like a 'possum up a gum-tree. 1898 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Dec. (Red Page) ‘Like a possum up a gum tree’ is not bad to express quickness or cleverness in doing anything. 1928 B. Spencer Wanderings in Wild Austral. 151 The expression ‘possum up a gum tree’ was really brought over to Australia in early days by miners of the celebrated ‘forty-niner’ period, who left California to try their luck on the gold-fields. 1958 ‘W. Henry’ Seven Men at Mimbres Springs viii. 92 They made ‘more racket about it than six pickaninnies with a possum up a gum tree’. 1984 J. R. Reeves Mekong! 16 The stupid fucker was grinnin' like a possum in a persimmon tree. 2004 Central Coast Express (Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Nov. (caption) Students like possums up a gum tree. < as lemmas |
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