英语词汇“to live like fighting cocks”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to live like fighting cocks: to live and eat well; to live in luxury, to get the best of everything.With reference to fighting cocks being well fed and kept in good condition in preparation for cockfights.

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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > luxuriate [verb (intransitive)] > live luxuriously

to live wella1375

to live like a lord1532

epicurize1600

to live (or be) in clover1710

to live like fighting cocks1795

1795 G. Brewer Motto I. vii. 87 My messmates were a jolly set, who lived like fighting cocks.

1826 in W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 23 Sept. 799 [They] live like fighting-cocks upon the labour of the rest of the community.

1861 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem III. cliv. 154 It is maintained in opposition, that they lived like fighting-cocks.

1987 J. Elwyn At Fifth Attempt 77 Since we received a Red Cross parcel every week, some eight pounds of good food, we lived like fighting cocks and were all in excellent physical condition.

单词	to live like fighting cocks
释义	> as lemmas to live like fighting cocks to live like fighting cocks: to live and eat well; to live in luxury, to get the best of everything.With reference to fighting cocks being well fed and kept in good condition in preparation for cockfights. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > luxuriate [verb (intransitive)] > live luxuriously to live wella1375 to live like a lord1532 epicurize1600 to live (or be) in clover1710 to live like fighting cocks1795 1795 G. Brewer Motto I. vii. 87 My messmates were a jolly set, who lived like fighting cocks. 1826 in W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 23 Sept. 799 [They] live like fighting-cocks upon the labour of the rest of the community. 1861 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem III. cliv. 154 It is maintained in opposition, that they lived like fighting-cocks. 1987 J. Elwyn At Fifth Attempt 77 Since we received a Red Cross parcel every week, some eight pounds of good food, we lived like fighting cocks and were all in excellent physical condition. extracted from fighting cockn. < as lemmas
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