单词 | to top it all |
释义 | > as lemmasto top it all P2. to top it all: used to introduce the culminating moment in a series of (typically unpleasant or unfortunate) events or experiences. Also to top it all off. ΚΠ 1863 Fun 28 Nov. 102/1 Accusations of the gravest description are bandied about with the greatest nonchalance, and to top it all one of the largest speculators withdraws without paying up. 1960 C. Isherwood Diary 15 Nov. in Sixties (2010) II. 26 Then, to top it all, we had tickets for The Threepenny Opera, and it was ugly and crude and dirty beyond belief. 1981 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 1st Ser. Episode 7. 65 Life's been pretty gutty for Earl quite recently... It's been like that between him and his missus (Moves hands up and down in balancing gesture) then to top it all his old man collapses in the Nag's Head right across the table. 2006 H. O'Neill Lullabies for Little Criminals 22 Then, to top it all off, he set his bed on fire with a cigarette when he was fifteen. 2018 M. Doyle Fug & Thumps (e-book ed.) ii I'm soaked through. And to top it all, my rucksack, with all the food and stuff, is soaking too. < as lemmas |
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