| 单词 | rosy about the gills |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrosy about the gills c. rosy about the gills and variants: glowing with health, ruddy, robust. Now somewhat rare.Cf. rosy gills n. at rosy adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar ii. iii. 21 He saies he's but a Fryar, but he's big enough to be a Pope; his Gills are as rosie as a Turkey-Cock.] 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Gills To look rosy about the gills, to have a fresh complexion. 1844 People's Press (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 21 May Senator Wright, prematurely bald, but fresh and rosy about the gills as an Alderman. 1898 Manch. Weekly Times 12 Aug. 12/1 Your average Englishman only grumbles when he is not feeling rosy about the gills. 1934 Salt Lake Tribune 19 Jan. 4/2 Peaches Browning is rosy around the gills. 1966 Rotarian June 59/3 Just forget all your worries and ills;..You'll awake rosy about the gills. < as lemmas |
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