| 单词 | beat all |
| 释义 | beat allSurpass anything, especially in a strange or amazing way, as in Adam and his cousin Eve eloped—doesn't that beat all! This phrase appears to have replaced beat the Dutch. It is often used in a negative construction, as in the example. [Slang; first half of 1800s] Also see to beat the band. Words nearby beat allbeastly, beast of burden, beast of prey, beat, beat a dead horse, beat all, beat a path to someone's door, beat a retreat, beat around the bush, beat back, beatbox 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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