| 单词 | the right stuff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe right stuff P2. the right stuff: (a) slang something that is just what is required; spec. alcoholic drink; money; (b) colloquial (chiefly U.S.) the necessary qualities for a given job or task. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] drink1042 liquor1340 bousea1350 cidera1382 dwale1393 sicera1400 barrelc1400 strong drinkc1405 watera1475 swig1548 tipple1581 amber1598 tickle-brain1598 malt pie1599 swill1602 spicket1615 lap1618 John Barleycornc1625 pottle1632 upsy Englisha1640 upsy Friese1648 tipplage1653 heartsease1668 fuddle1680 rosin1691 tea1693 suck1699 guzzlea1704 alcohol1742 the right stuff1748 intoxicant1757 lush1790 tear-brain1796 demon1799 rum1799 poison1805 fogram1808 swizzle1813 gatter1818 wine(s) and spirit(s)1819 mother's milkc1821 skink1823 alcoholics1832 jough1834 alky1844 waipiro1845 medicine1847 stimulant1848 booze1859 tiddly1859 neck oil1860 lotion1864 shrab1867 nose paint1880 fixing1882 wet1894 rabbit1895 shicker1900 jollop1920 mule1920 giggle-water1929 rookus juice1929 River Ouse1931 juice1932 lunatic soup1933 wallop1933 skimish1936 sauce1940 turps1945 grog1946 joy juice1960 1748 J. Walcot New Pilgrim's Progr. 209 Come, there is a little Hut hard by, where I will shew you a Cup of your right Stuff. 1775 S. Foote Trip to Calais i. 25 Yes, yes, they look of that cut; not of the right stuff, as the French say, to make bucks desprits on. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan 159 I ins with my hand arter that; and I outs with a handfull o' the right stuff. 1845 J. F. Cooper in Graham's Mag. May 206/2 It seems the old general decided that the boy had the ‘right stuff’ in him, and overlooked the gross impropriety of the assault, on account of its justice and spirit. 1864 B. B. Hotchkin Manliness 10 You have the right stuff in you when you are once started, and you shall be a man yet. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xiv. 224 It doesn't matter how you're born if you've got the right stuff in you. 1927 P. G. Wodehouse Meet Mr. Mulliner vi. 198 A sharp spasm had reminded him how much of the right stuff he had in him at that moment. 1965 B. Behan Confessions Irish Rebel (1967) 19 Having plenty of the right stuff inside us, we caught the train for Liverpool. 1979 T. Wolfe (title) The right stuff. 2000 C. Tavris in M. S. Kimmel & A. Aronson Gendered Society Reader 32 The mismeasure of woman is responsible for the guilt-inducing analyses that leave women feeling that they lack the right stuff and are not doing the right thing. < as lemmas |
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