单词 | up to one's nose |
释义 | > as lemmasup to one's nose (a) up to one's nose: so as to be almost completely immersed or buried (literal and figurative). ΚΠ 1708 O. Dykes Moral Reflexions Eng. Prov. 83 Pickl'd up to the very Nose in the Powdering-Tub of Sin and Salivation. 1743 Duke of Richmond Let. 30 Aug.–10 Sept. in Corr. Dukes of Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 122 The French have abandon'd the Speir back, butt entrench'd themselves up to the noses from Landau to Germesheim. 1816 J. Wolcot Farewell Odes in Works of Peter Pindar I. ii. 101 You were greas'd up to the nose, and eyes, Your cheeks all shining like a lantern's horn. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 30 Nov. (1993) III. 127 We shall go out all wrapped up to the noses, with a pruning hook to cut holly. 1984 G. McCaughrean Canterbury Tales (1988) 17 Isn't it bad enough to be traipsing through fog and rain and up to our noses in mud. < as lemmas |
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