| 单词 | to be so —— it isn't true |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be so —— it isn't true f. British colloquial. to be so —— it isn't true and variants: to be —— to an extreme or incredible extent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > extremely > to an incredible degree to be so —— it isn't true1947 1947 K. Williams Diary 9 Feb. (1993) 9 Harry M. came round during the evening and Stan and Geoff; he and I went into the village—so gay it wasn't true! coffees and things in cafés, bought myself a cigarette holder! 1959 P. H. Johnson Unspeakable Skipton xv. 132 The Mrs. Jones! She's so smart it's not true. 1963 Daily Herald 25 Apr. 7/6 The Princess was so calm it wasn't true. 1970 R. Rendell Guilty Thing Surprised ix. 103 You may be only thirty-six but you're so dead old-fashioned it isn't true. 1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 8/1 Sloane Britain is so heavily weighted towards the South and the West it's not true. 1997 J. Owen Camden Girls 1 That pub is so unhip it's not true. < as lemmas |
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