| 单词 | on the leg |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the leg g. on the leg: (of an animal, esp. a dog or a horse) having undesirably or disproportionately long legs; having legs which are longer than is usual for the species or standard for the breed. ΚΠ 1859 New Sporting Mag. Aug. 79 He is a trifle on the leg, but he looks what he was—a very clever horse at his fences. 1874 Bell's Life in London 19 Dec. 3/1 Both [dogs] are a bit on the leg, and to some eyes light in the body. 1901 Colman's Rural World 2 Jan. 7/2 The same exhibitors led among the yearlings..a pig that is a trifle on the leg but strong on his toes and very smooth in all his lines. 1999 K. Fox Racing Tribe (2009) x. 114 They exchange the same snippets of jargon... Such-and-such a runner is ‘a bit on the leg’, while another ‘fills the eye’. < as lemmas |
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