| 单词 | plain as porridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplain as porridge P4. plain as porridge: perfectly straightforward; unexceptional; without ornament. ΚΠ 1726 J. Arbuckle Let. 25 June in Lett. Dublin Jrnl. (1729) II. lxv. 91 This [style of writing] was in order to make everything as plain as porridge. 1761 S. Haliburton Mem. Magopico (ed. 2) xv. 45 It's as plain as parridge, that he was baith a Romin, and Socinian. 1878 Littell's Living Age 4 May 276/1 Do you think I can't see as plain as porridge what that means? 1937 Times 9 Apr. 15/3 It seems as plain as porridge that M. van Zeeland will gain a large majority. 2002 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 21 Apr. 35 a The modest building, plain as porridge, nestles on a corner lot in a quiet neighborhood. < as lemmas |
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