| 单词 | to be no small drink |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be no small drink 2. Scottish. to be no small drink: (of a person) to be important or influential. Cf. to think small beer of at small beer n. 2c. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] reckeOE recka1250 attainc1374 beforcec1375 pertaina1382 concern1477 import1539 signifya1616 to trench into (unto)1621 to bear (a) (great) state1623 urge1654 relate1655 bulk1672 refer1677 argufy1751 to be no small drinka1774 tell1779 reckon1811 to count for (much, little, nothing, etc.)1857 to stand for something (or nothing)1863 shout1876 count1885 mind1915 rate1926 society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] weighc1386 to have, bear, carry, strike a (great, etc.) stroke1531 to hold placea1535 to take place1535 to bear (a or the) sway1549 to have weight1565 say1614 to be no small drinka1774 matter1848 to pack a punch (also wallop)a1938 a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 167 Our Johnny's nae sma' drink you'll guess. 1836 Sc. Ann. 179 I felt myself already nae sma' drink. 1934 ‘Uncle Tom’ Mrs. Goudie's Tea-pairty 10 A heap o' relations that has a gude richt to think themselves nae sma' drink. 1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 6 July 6 I remember well the first car I ever drove, it was my father's Triumph Herald Alpine, and it was lilac. I'd a dress that matched it, and I thought I was no small drink! 2004 Recorded Interview (BBC Voices Recordings: Leith) (SCOTS transcript) in www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Someone who thinks they're great, they think they're nae sma drink. < as lemmas |
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