| 单词 | to look the business |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto look the business 21. colloquial. Something very good or impressive; the best. Now usually with the, esp. in to be the business, to look the business. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > best thing or person highesteOE bestOE greatest?c1225 pridec1330 crestc1400 primrosea1450 outrepass1477 A per sea1500 primrose peerless1523 prisec1540 prime1579 surquidry1607 excellency1611 nonsuchc1613 crown jewel1646 top1665 patriarch1700 pièce de résistance1793 number one1825 business1868 resistance piece1870 star1882 mostest1889 koh-i-noor1892 best-ever1905 flagship1933 the end1950 endsville1957 Big Mac1969 mack daddy1993 1868 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 54 ‘Speak, Madame, I am all attention.’ ‘Now that's business,’ said the lady approvingly. 1904 Motor Age 27 Oct. 23/3 They know how to make a car look the business. See that hood. No one ever saw a hood like that on anything but a foreign car. 1908 Amer. Aeronaut. Jan. 19/1 It looks like business,—that rakish, elongated hull, so pretty in its symmetrical simplicity. 1946 Pop. Mech. Nov. 177 Not much to look at, maybe, but for making blocks it's the business. 1984 Guardian 19 July 21/7 Dressed in their swanky black kits, Fulham looked the business when they walloped Wigan in their inaugural game. 1998 Melody Maker 14 Mar. 47/6 [The guitars] doubtless sound the business too. 2007 C. Hunter Eight Lives Down (2009) vii. 66 I'm really proud of these guys. I've only known them for a few days, but they really are the business. < as lemmas |
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