| 单词 | the top and bottom of something |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe top and (the) bottom of something (d) the top and (the) bottom of something: all that can or need be said about something; the long and short of something.Cf. top and tail at Phrases 3a(a)(ii). ΚΠ 1872 Sheffield Daily Tel. 23 Nov. 6/4 Defendant said he refused to sell the carcase, but let them have the skin, his concluding remarks being ‘that is the top and bottom of the matter’. 1877 Blackburn Standard 30 June 6/3 Mr. Walton, who appeared for the defendants, said the ‘top and bottom of it’ was the defendants were simply tossing for ‘drinks round’. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire 400 ‘That's the top an' the bottom on it’ corresponds to ‘that is the long and the short of it’. 1998 Racing Post (Nexis) 29 Aug. (Sports Betting section) 19 The top and the bottom of it is that we don't have any money for transfers and I think it only right I should tell the fans. 2018 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 7 Mar. (Sport section) 45 Our main aim is to win the league. That is the top and bottom of it. < as lemmas |
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