| 单词 | tight as a tick |
| 释义 | tight as a tickDrunk, as in She was tight as a tick after just one glass of wine. This expression alludes to a tick engorged with the blood of the animals it feeds on. [Slang; mid-1800s] Words nearby tight as a ticktiger swallowtail, Tiger! Tiger! burning bright, Tiggerish, tight, tight as a drum, tight as a tick, tightass, tight-assed, tighten, tight end, tighten one's belt The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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