英语词汇“to stretch it”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) In colloquial phrase to stretch it (or things): to go too far, to go beyond the limits of credibility; to exaggerate.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > speak or do with exaggeration [phrase]

to go beyond the moon?c1430

to cast beyond the moon1559

to lay on load?1562

to lay it on with a trowela1616

all (his) geese are swans1621

to draw (also pull, shoot) the long bow1667

to lay it on thick1740

to sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet1778

to come it1796

to make a thing about (also of)1813

to draw with the long-bow1823

to pitch it strong1823

to overegg the pudding1845

to put (spread, etc.) it on thick1865

to god it1870

to strong it1964

to stretch it (or things)1965

1965 M. Allingham Mind Readers xx. 212 Rightie ho. If you say so. Any friend of yours is a friend of mine but that's stretching it.

1974 M. Hastings Dragon Island xi. 96 ‘I can't believe that by some chance Jones found himself with two people in whom he had special interest.’ ‘That would be stretching it.’

1975 R. Stout Family Affair ix. 83 Everyone in Washington is connected..with Watergate. That's stretching it, but not much.

1980 R. Hill Killing Kindness v. 46 It's stretching things a bit... Still, it's worth checking.

单词	to stretch it
释义	> as lemmas to stretch it (or things) (b) In colloquial phrase to stretch it (or things): to go too far, to go beyond the limits of credibility; to exaggerate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > speak or do with exaggeration [phrase] to go beyond the moon?c1430 to cast beyond the moon1559 to lay on load?1562 to lay it on with a trowela1616 all (his) geese are swans1621 to draw (also pull, shoot) the long bow1667 to lay it on thick1740 to sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet1778 to come it1796 to make a thing about (also of)1813 to draw with the long-bow1823 to pitch it strong1823 to overegg the pudding1845 to put (spread, etc.) it on thick1865 to god it1870 to strong it1964 to stretch it (or things)1965 1965 M. Allingham Mind Readers xx. 212 Rightie ho. If you say so. Any friend of yours is a friend of mine but that's stretching it. 1974 M. Hastings Dragon Island xi. 96 ‘I can't believe that by some chance Jones found himself with two people in whom he had special interest.’ ‘That would be stretching it.’ 1975 R. Stout Family Affair ix. 83 Everyone in Washington is connected..with Watergate. That's stretching it, but not much. 1980 R. Hill Killing Kindness v. 46 It's stretching things a bit... Still, it's worth checking. extracted from stretchv. < as lemmas
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