单词 | fit to raise the dead |
释义 | > as lemmasfit (also able, enough) to raise the dead P3. fit (also able, enough) to raise the dead: expressing the loudness or intensity of an utterance (occasionally a voice). ΚΠ 1851 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin in National Era 17 July 113/4 Wal, I loses off my hat, and sings out nuff to raise the dead. 1889 G. W. Cable Strange True Stories Louisiana ii. 48 Carlo was beginning to swear ‘fit to raise the dead’, writes the memoirist, at the tardiness of the Norman pair. 1938 R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 30 Shrieking fit to raise the dead. 2001 S. Fatsis Word Freak vi. 84 A..sandpaper voice that could raise the dead. < as lemmas |
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