Example sentences from the Web for upper story

The "Diggers" retaliated mildly by styling their upper-story neighbors, "Camanches."
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878|Various
From an upper-story window, without a sash, the figure of Tom leans out in an inquisitive attitude.
The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:|Thomas W. Silloway
How I reached the upper-story, I know not; but, on waking late in the day, I found my pocket-book was absent—without leave.
The True History of Tom and Jerry|Charles Hindley
From the upper-story windows, where he had climbed, he could see to the edge of the forest.
Lorraine|Robert W. Chambers

Still he was a pleasant giant (particularly to the upper-story boy), and welcome to the whole company.
The Art of Amusing|Frank Bellew

upper story

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The head or brain, as in He's not all there in the upper story. This expression transfers the literal sense of a higher floor in a multistory building to the top portion of the human body. Richard Bentley used it in A Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris (1699), where he compares a man with “brains ... in his head” to a man who has “furniture in his upper story.”

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单词	upper story
释义	Example sentences from the Web for upper story The "Diggers" retaliated mildly by styling their upper-story neighbors, "Camanches." St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878\|Various From an upper-story window, without a sash, the figure of Tom leans out in an inquisitive attitude. The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:\|Thomas W. Silloway How I reached the upper-story, I know not; but, on waking late in the day, I found my pocket-book was absent—without leave. The True History of Tom and Jerry\|Charles Hindley From the upper-story windows, where he had climbed, he could see to the edge of the forest. Lorraine\|Robert W. Chambers Still he was a pleasant giant (particularly to the upper-story boy), and welcome to the whole company. The Art of Amusing\|Frank Bellew upper story SEE SYNONYMS FOR upper story ON THESAURUS.COM The head or brain, as in He's not all there in the upper story. This expression transfers the literal sense of a higher floor in a multistory building to the top portion of the human body. Richard Bentley used it in A Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris (1699), where he compares a man with “brains ... in his head” to a man who has “furniture in his upper story.” Words nearby upper story upper partial tone, Upper Peninsula, upper regions, upper school, Upper Silesia, upper story, Upper Tunguska, upper uterine segment, Upper Volta, upper works, Upper Yukon River The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to upper story head, intellect, coconut, brain, skull, wit, mentality, cerebellum, encephalon, cerebrum, belfry, upstairs, attic, crown, dome, cranium, noggin, scalp, pate, poll
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