| 单词 | stone ginger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstone ginger stone ginger n. (a) (see sense 17b); (b) slang a certainty, a ‘sure thing’ (cf. sense 18a above); also as adj., certain. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > aerated or carbonated drink > [noun] > ginger beer ginger beer1809 ginger pop1816 gingerade1829 gingerette1838 pop-beer1856 stone ginger1936 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > [noun] > something easily done or acquired sure card?1562 sure thing1836 open-and-shut1841 cinch1888 cert1889 snipa1890 pinch1897 lead-pipe1898 sitter1898 stone ginger1936 slam dunk1984 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > [adjective] > sure to happen certaina1300 sure1496 secure1582 stone ginger1936 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid iv. 41 It was stone-ginger, you thought, that you'd get a smashing job up here. 1943 J. A. W. Bennett in Amer. Speech 18 90 ‘That's a stone ginger’ (a dead certainty) conceals the name of a famous and unbeatable horse, Stone Ginger [in New Zealand]. 1972 G. F. Newman You Nice Bastard 348 Stone ginger, a million; certainty. < as lemmas |
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