单词 | that is all there is to it |
释义 | > as lemmasthat is all there is to it c. In colloquial phrases with there is and a quantitative or pronominal expression: belonging as a quality, attribute, or capacity to (someone or something, frequently it); that is all there is to it: it is that and nothing more; there's nothing to it: see nothing pron., n., adv., and int. Phrases 7c. Originally U.S. ΚΠ 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad ii. 36 There's more to a blue-jay than any other creature. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xlv. 459 The steamboat shoved out up the creek. That was all there was ‘to it’. 1886 E. L. Dorsey Midshipman Bob II. xii. 230 There's just this to it: if you'll go to any place [etc.]. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 93 ‘That's all there is to it,’ seethed the white water roaring through the scuppers. 1903 A. H. Lewis Boss 14 Tell me what there is to this shindy. 1914 ‘V. Castle’ Mod. Dancing 44 Simply walk as softly and smoothly as possible... This is the One Step, and this is all there is to it. 1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners xvi. 343 He's a wonderful person, you know. There's a lot to him that doesn't show up on the surface. 1974 J. Thomson Long Revenge iii. 40 He had the feeling that there was a great deal more to it [sc. a case] than he had so far discovered. 1976 New Yorker 26 Apr. 38/1 I thought she had a lot to her, a lot to offer. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。