| 单词 | regular as clockwork |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(as) regular (also regularly) as clockwork P1. (as) regular (also regularly) as clockwork: (a) adj. very regular; that does something predictably at the same time or in the same way; (b) adv. very regularly; predictably at the same time or in the same way. ΚΠ 1758 Lloyd's Evening Post 21–23 June 599/3 The administration of justice, and other parts of civil government, is as regular as clockwork. 1789 H. Walpole Reminiscences (1924) vii. 29 The king's last years passed as regularly as clock-work. 1829 Lady's Mag. Dec. 629/1 He comes to us as regular as clock-work for his mutton. 1835 C. Dickens in Bell's Life in London 25 Oct. Regular as clock-work—breakfast at nine—dress & tittivate a little. 1920 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 6 Apr. 8/3 He heard her go in the morning, and from behind his curtain watched her return at night. She was as regular as clockwork. 2008 D. Donnellan in J. Benedetti tr. K. Stanislavski Actor's Work p. ix Regular as clockwork..the dog would trot to the door and wait there patiently. < as lemmas |
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