| 单词 | blue dahlia |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue dahlia blue dahlia n. used as the type of something rare, sought after, or unattainable.The cultivation of a blue variety of dahlia was regularly but unsuccessfully attempted in the 19th cent. ΚΠ 1847 Garden Flowers of Year 160 That great desire of florists has not yet been fulfilled in any approach towards a blue dahlia.] 1865 A. S. Mayhew Faces for Fortunes I. iv. 186 When blue dahlias abound in our front gardens,..then, and not until then, shall faultless beauty in woman rejoice the eyes of men. 1905 A. Symons tr. C. Baudelaire in Bibelot 15 (1909) 109 For me, I have found my ‘black tulip’ and my ‘blue dahlia!’ 2003 B. Juhász in G. Griffin Doing Women's Stud. (2005) ii. 81 The university women who do very good and important work in this field are blue dahlias. blue dahlia b. blue dahlia: figurative something impossible or unattainable (no blue variety of the dahlia having been produced by cultivation). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [noun] > condition of being unattainable > that which is unattainable1661 unattainable1857 blue dahlia1880 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > impossibility > [noun] > instance(s) of impossiblec1374 impossibilityc1500 cannot1626 adynaton1654 impossible1839 blue dahlia1880 1880 Daily News 17 Dec. 5/4 Whether the colonisation of Gilead be a blue dahlia or not. < as lemmas |
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