| 单词 | you beauty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyou (little, wee, etc.) beauty e. colloquial (originally Australian, New Zealand, in later use also Scottish) you (little, wee, etc.) beauty: expressing triumph, pleasure, or approval. Cf. you beaut at beaut n., adj., adv., and int. Phrases, beauty int. ΚΠ 1931 Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, Austral.) 29 Sept. A man..jumped excitedly to his feet, shouted ‘you beauty’, and then dashed out of the theatre without waiting to explain whether he had drawn the first prize. 1935 ‘J. Guthrie’ Little Country (1937) 62 A tall fellow caught the ball..and dived over the line to score. The people clapped and roared, ‘You beauty, you little beauty!’ 1978 R. Saw & I. Milbank Back to Back Tango 56 ‘Turn on the booze..and don't forget it's on the house.’ ‘You little bloody bewdy.’ 1985 L. Lochhead tr. Molière Tartuffe 36 Fate's dealt me a trump card. Oh ya beauty! 1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Feb. 8 He bet on Charlie Sprout and won: ‘Yes, yah wee beauty!’ 2010 J. Shepherd Mr Asia 238 There was sheer joy in my voice as I yelled out, ‘You beauty!’ when the zero number turned up. < as lemmas |
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