英语词汇“to be off like a bride's nightie”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to be (also go, etc.) off like a bride's nightie

a. to be (also go, etc.) off like a bride's nightie: to make a hasty departure; (also) to start quickly and make good progress.Punning on various senses of off: see off adv. 2b, to be off at off adv. 1a, they're off at off adv. 1f.

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1969 C. Bray Blossom like Rose i. 26 ‘Come on youse blokes!’ he shouted. ‘We're off like a bride's nightie!’

1986 Canberra Times 17 Apr. (Good Times Suppl.) 1/1 One would expect most to be off like a bride's nightie, but no, many were keen to talk.

2018 Port Lincoln (Austral.) Times (Nexis) 11 Sept. Cougars..were off like a bride's nightie, scoring five in a row.

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单词	to be off like a bride's nightie
释义	> as lemmas to be (also go, etc.) off like a bride's nightie a. to be (also go, etc.) off like a bride's nightie: to make a hasty departure; (also) to start quickly and make good progress.Punning on various senses of off: see off adv. 2b, to be off at off adv. 1a, they're off at off adv. 1f. ΚΠ 1969 C. Bray Blossom like Rose i. 26 ‘Come on youse blokes!’ he shouted. ‘We're off like a bride's nightie!’ 1986 Canberra Times 17 Apr. (Good Times Suppl.) 1/1 One would expect most to be off like a bride's nightie, but no, many were keen to talk. 2018 Port Lincoln (Austral.) Times (Nexis) 11 Sept. Cougars..were off like a bride's nightie, scoring five in a row. extracted from briden.¹ < as lemmas
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