| 单词 | since adam was a boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmassince Adam was a boy b. colloquial. since Adam was a boy and variants: for a long time; for as long as can be remembered. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adverb] > from time immemorial out of mind1387 immemorially1614 since Adam was a boy1722 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace ii. i. 20 Cruel South'ron rage: Which did so many of his friends destroy, As scarce was known since Adam was a boy. 1749 J. Swift Tittle Tattle 48 We've been Play-fellows ever since Adam was a little Boy. 1813 E. Temple Life Pill Garlick iii. 103 That frugal simplicity which has subsisted, according to their own account, ‘since Adam was an oakum-boy in Chatham yard’. 1839 Spirit of Times 26 Oct. 397/1 As great races..as have ever been run since Adam was a yearling. 1862 E. Kirke Among Pines xvii. 289 Ever sense Adam was a young un. 1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 ii. 25 You hunt up that pen you've had since Adam was a boy. 1968 G. Slatter Pagan Game 102 I've been slogging me guts out in this school since Adam was a cowboy. 1975 R. Macklin Queenslander iii. 181 Old Mavis hasn't done a tap for anyone but Arthur since Adam was in short pants. 2005 J. Martyn Ringfort to Runway ii. ii. 105 I'd like to visit Easton Aerodrome in Kildare; they're in the light aircraft business since Adam was a lad. < as lemmas |
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