| 单词 | fresh as a daisy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfresh as a daisy P1. In similes and comparisons suggesting newness, vitality, etc., such as fresh as a daisy, fresh as paint, fresh as a rose, etc.See also (as) fresh as May. ΚΠ c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 595 (MED) Nas þer ȝong mon ne old þat ȝernloker wrouȝte þen Eualac and Seraphe..souȝten, Also fresch as þe hauk, freschore þat tyme þen..in heore furste come. c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 180 (MED) Heo is of colour..As fresch as is þe Rose In May. 1522 Worlde & Chylde (de Worde) (1909) sig. A.iiiv I am as freshe as flourys in maye I am semely shapen in same. 1706 T. D'Urfey Wonders in Sun iii. 52 Y'are fresh as a Rose. 1779 A. Bicknell Prince Arthur I. vi. 86 A lovely lady, fresh as the morning. 1814 E. S. Barrett Heroine (ed. 2) III. xxxiii. 92 Forth they walked..as fresh as an oyster. 1881 Dr. Gheist 217 Though nearly seventy years of age, he is still hale and ‘fresh as paint’. 2012 MailOnline (Nexis) 5 Apr. Jessica-Jane Clement still looked as fresh as a daisy in a yellow dress during her third night out in a row. < as lemmas |
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