| 单词 | to beat banagher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat (or bang) Banagher to beat (or bang) Banagher: to surpass everything. (Cf. bang v.1 6.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > surpass everything to bear (also have, carry) the pricea1275 it passes1549 to cap the climax1804 to take the rag off (the bush)1810 to beat cockfighting1821 to beat (or bang) Banagher1830 to beat the band1890 1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 50 ‘O, by this and by that,’ says he, ‘but that bates Bannagher!’ a1845 R. H. Barham House-warming!! in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 300 Whose name..in the records of Fame, ‘Beats Banagher’. 1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. vii. 226 That would bang Banaghar. 1890 J. S. Farmer Slang I. (at cited word) He beats Banaghan, an Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories. 1928 Weekly Disp. 24 June 2 ‘You beat Banagher Pat,’ said Willie, admiringly, ‘and Banagher beat the Divil.’ < as lemmas |
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