| 单词 | to be the goods |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be the goods c. to be the goods: to be very good or impressive; to be exactly what is required; to be the genuine article. ΚΠ 1904 Cosmopolitan May 122/1 ‘I'll agree to make it twenty-five [dollars] at the end of sixty days if you are the goods,’ said the editor. 1915 P. G. Wodehouse Psmith, Journalist xv. 109 You are, if I may say so, the goods. You are, beyond a doubt, supremely the stuff. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 May 426/2 But to the ‘General’..President Bonilla and the Honduras were ‘the goods’ in 1911. 1949 D. Sinclair Secret Riders Farm iv. 32 ‘This,’ said Mike dreamily, ‘is the goods, the real McCoy.’ 1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes ii. 49 He wore black, grained shoes..; though I had never before been conscious of seeing a pair, I knew they were the goods: custom-made. 1998 C. Chidgey In Fishbone Church (2000) 70 Today I went with Mum to see Beryl & I also saw James Clifford for the first time. Believe me, he is the goods. < as lemmas |
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