| 单词 | rotten with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrotten with —— P4. colloquial. rotten with ——: abounding in (the specified quality or thing). Frequently in rotten with money: very rich. ΚΠ 1850 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 16 Mar. 42/3 One of the bystanders, late from the mines and perfectly ‘rotten’ with gold dust. 1871 W. H. L. Barnes Solid Silver ii. ii. 32 She's poor and I'm rich now, and when the Governor is translated I'll just be rotten with money. 1921 G. Chittenden Victim of His Vision in B. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories (1922) 84 Obeah—that's black magic; and voodoo—that's snake-worship. The island is rotten with 'em—rotten with 'em. 1990 W. O. Mitchell Roses are Difficult Here xi. 146 Well, all they got to do is look at our ten acres rotten with wild oats an' sow thistle an' mustard—they get feelin' better right away. 2002 R. Murphy Kick (2003) 193 Sure he was rotten with money, but what did he know about sailing? Sunshine fisherman. Still, he wanted to take the tiller from me to show the whole world he could sail. < as lemmas |
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