| 单词 | to tickle the midriff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tickle (also shake) the midriff d. colloquial. to tickle (also shake) the midriff and variants: to cause laughter. to shake to the midriff: to laugh heartily. See also midriff-shaken adj. at Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1831 C. Lamb Peter's Net in Englishman's Mag. 2 138 That conceit arrided us most..and still tickles our midriff to remember. 1841 W. Allston Monaldi xv. 195 He shall shake yet to his midriff for putting me on this cursed business. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) i. 23 A sight to shake The midriff of despair with laughter. 1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 30 June 11/2 The No Kamian midriff was all untickled by her promises of a good old time. 1875 Overland Monthly Dec. 538/2 They smiled at the very grimness of evil fortune until she fled, and, in doing this, they..tickled the midriff of the world. 1928 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 23 Apr. ii. 17/4 Let us not forget its high capacity to soothe and tickle the midriff. < as lemmas |
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