单词 | flat as a pancake |
释义 | > as lemmasflat as a pancake d. Phrases: flat as a flawn, flat as a flounder, flat as a pancake (see those nouns). (as) flat as a pancake b. As the type of something thin and flat. Usually in (as) flat as a pancake: completely flat.The phrase is also used with figurative senses of flat. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > broad in relation to thickness [phrase] (as) flat as a pancake1611 as flat as a flounder1856 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > on a level surface [phrase] > very flat (as) flat as a pancake1611 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > feeling wearied or bored [phrase] > wearisome or tedious (as) flat as a pancake1611 drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1889 crack is wack1986 the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [noun] > object > typically fluke?a1400 pancake1757 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. D A continuall Simon and Iudes raine Beate all your fethers as flat downe as pancakes. 1757 T. Smollett Reprisal i. ii I'll beat their skulls to a pancake. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxvii. 138 He has crush'd his nose..as flat as a pancake to his face. 1849 T. C. Haliburton Old Judge I. xi. 305 The first man that lays a hand on me, I'll level him as flat as a pancake: so stand clear. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvi. 261 Coming to the edge of the hills [we] saw the whole Carse of Stirling underfoot, as flat as a pancake. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 702 The last [stout] they sent from O Rourkes was as flat as a pancake. 1959 Daily Tel. 14 Mar. 6 His statement to the House of Commons yesterday fell as flat as a pancake. 1992 D. Neuhaus in First Fictions Introd. 11 341 It's flat as a pancake and there's nothing but scrub growing along the side of the road. < as lemmas |
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