| 单词 | to see a mile off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto see (also spot, tell, etc.) a mile off (also away) a. to see (also spot, tell, etc.) a mile off (also away): to recognize very easily. ΚΠ 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 254 Hee smells a Barbarisme or an incongruitie seaven miles off.] 1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta II. 80 The surest method of finding a Capuchin, is by the nose; you may wind him a mile off. 1809 W. Dimond Foundling of Forest i. i. 6 If they arrive before sun-set, I'm sure I Shall know L'Elair a mile off by the saucy toss of His head. 1837 R. H. Horne Cosmo de' Medici iii. iii. 50 You might know his walk a mile off. 'Tis exactly that of a gladiator who hath just killed His man. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxiii. 378 That's rabbit, that is—that's not ermine... I'd know it a mile off. 1959 A. Sillitoe Loneliness of Long-distance Runner (1962) 126 You could tell a mile off that she was a struggler and that was what nobody liked. 1970 J. Porter Rather Common Sort of Crime i. 17 She was on the scrounge... You could spot it a mile off. 1995 K. O'Riordan Involved 192 I should have seen this a mile off. < as lemmas |
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