| 单词 | tight as a drum |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(as) tight as a drum colloquial. (as) tight as a drum: as tight as possible; extremely tight or close-fitting; (also) †watertight (obsolete). ΚΠ 1777 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions V. cxvi. 176 The cold bath, sir,..is a bracer of the solids; it will wind you up as tight as a drum. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 223 The crew said she was as tight as a drum, and a fine sea boat. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 87 Tom has eaten..and imbibed coffee, till his little skin is as tight as a drum. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 259 Trousers tight as a drum on him. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? xi. 262 If I nip a couple more hundred feet out of it it'll be tight as a drum. 1968 E. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies 51 You had helped bind the load tight as a drum with the girdling chain, then sprung to your seat on the bag of straw at the load's pinnacle. 2001 P. Reizin Dumping Hilary? (2002) iii. 89 Peeling off the cellophane like I've been doing it for years, I pull away the little bit of gold foil and there they are, twenty Bennies, packed tight as a drum. < as lemmas |
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