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

P18. to walk on water: to do something seemingly impossible; to be perfect.An allusion to the miracle described in Matthew 14:25, ‘And in the fourth watch of the night, Iesus went vnto them, walking on the Sea’ (King James Bible).

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1956 J. Kubeck Calendar Epic v. 68 I never yet seen a B.R. who didn't act like he could walk on water. How in hell does he get the idea he can walk in here without us givin' the word?

1975 Listener 6 Feb. 163/2 [The CID's] members behaving as if they could walk on water, and looking down on the ‘woollies’ who had to plod the beat in uniform.

1991 D. Lucie Fashion (rev. ed.) ii. i, in Fashion, Progress, Hard Feelings, Doing the Business 49 Good God. A fault. At last. I was beginning to think she could walk on water.

2001 New Republic 2 July 18/2 Our customers think we walk on water, and we do.

单词	to walk on water
释义	> as lemmas to walk on water P18. to walk on water: to do something seemingly impossible; to be perfect.An allusion to the miracle described in Matthew 14:25, ‘And in the fourth watch of the night, Iesus went vnto them, walking on the Sea’ (King James Bible). ΚΠ 1956 J. Kubeck Calendar Epic v. 68 I never yet seen a B.R. who didn't act like he could walk on water. How in hell does he get the idea he can walk in here without us givin' the word? 1975 Listener 6 Feb. 163/2 [The CID's] members behaving as if they could walk on water, and looking down on the ‘woollies’ who had to plod the beat in uniform. 1991 D. Lucie Fashion (rev. ed.) ii. i, in Fashion, Progress, Hard Feelings, Doing the Business 49 Good God. A fault. At last. I was beginning to think she could walk on water. 2001 New Republic 2 July 18/2 Our customers think we walk on water, and we do. extracted from walkv. < as lemmas
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