单词 | from outer space |
释义 | > as lemmasfrom outer space 2. Hyperbolically or humorously, chiefly in from outer space: outlandish, monstrous, inhuman, weird. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > abnormal [phrase] like nothing on earth1861 from outer space1961 clockwork orange1963 1961 P. G. Wodehouse Ice in Bedroom xxiii. 191 Every time I see this little horror from outer space, I want to sock him. 1972 ‘H. Calvin’ Take Two Popes xii. 135 If your job says expend somebody, you expend... Do you think I'm an inhuman thing from outer space? 1988 L. Colwin Home Cooking xxii. 144 I had promised him a swell dessert and here was this weird, inedible sludge from outer space. 1998 K. Lette Altar Ego xxviii. 246 Issues invariably arise—gynaecological thigh abductors, the Haircut From Outer Space, goats' milk, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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