| 单词 | since christ was a corporal |
| 释义 | > as lemmassince Christ was a corporal c. In various, chiefly jocular, comparisons, as since Christ was a corporal, etc. colloquial (chiefly U.S. and Military). ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. ii. 15 And they haue beene grand Iurie men, since before Noah was a Saylor. View more context for this quotation 1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 74 Never, I aver, Since Ariadne was a vintager, So cool a purple. 1900 I. L. Reeves Bamboo Tales 20 Private McCoy..had been in the service since George Washington was a ‘lance jack’. 1921 J. Dos Passos Three Soldiers ii. ii. 75 Ain't had any pay since Christ was a corporal. I've forgotten what it looks like. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1274/2 Since Pontius was a pilot, as in ‘He's been in that mob since..’ R.A.F. c[atch] p[hrase], testifying to long service: since ca. 1944. 1970 N.Y. Post 7 Apr. 5 Dana Stone had been in Vietnam since Christ was a corporal, as the grunts in the field would say. < as lemmas |
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