| 单词 | you could cut with a knife |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyou (or one) could cut (something) with a knife i. you (or one) could cut (something) with a knife: colloquial phrase used to describe an atmosphere (literal or figurative) so thick that it seems capable of being cut with a knife. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > [phrase] > thick air you (or one) could cut (something) with a knife1892 1892 A. W. Pinero Magistrate i. 18 There's a fog on the line—you could cut it with a knife. 1954 M. Sharp Gipsy in Parlour (1955) xiii. 111 The smell was chiefly cabbage..and one could have cut it with a knife. 1973 G. Moffat Deviant Death v. 68 You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife. < as lemmas |
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