| 单词 | game as a pebble |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(as) game as a pebble 4. slang (chiefly Australian). A tough or indomitable person or animal; (also) a reprobate, a ‘hard case’. (as) game as a pebble: extremely courageous, refusing to yield. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult thing or person sluta1475 nut1540 Tartar1669 bitch1699 handful1755 tickler1825 pebble1829 hard ticket1847 tough nut1862 bear1876 Roger1885 trier1893 peb1903 heller1923 pawful1925 honey1932 sod1936 toughie1945 motherfucker1948 hard-arse1966 the mind > emotion > courage > bravery or boldness > [adjective] > exceedingly brave oultrepreu1477 over-brave1620 (as) game as a pebble1829 game as a pissant1930 the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > member of livestock > unmanageable hilding1590 Rooshian1843 Russian1845 ladino1863 pebble1888 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 20 Hudson, as game as a pebble, stuck to his man like glue. 1848 Port Phillip Herald (Melbourne) 29 June 2/4 A carpenter showed a note in one of the public houses in town which circumstance having been observed by three ‘pebbles’, who were watching him outside, they followed him till he got opposite the Church, when they attacked and attempted to rob him. 1851 W. T. Moncrieff Scamps of London III. i. 56 in Sel. Dramat. Wks. I Now, my pebbles, I'll give you a toast. 1874 M. Clarke His Nat. Life iv. vii. 415 ‘You're not such a pebble as folks seem to think,’ grinned Frere. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. ix. 123 Then the Turon favourite—a real game pebble of a little horse—began to show up. 1921 D. Grant Through Six Gaols 93 In this shop were the men who are known in gaol as ‘Pebbles’, that is the hard doers. 1962 D. Mclean World turned upside Down 10 You're new round here and I think I ought to warn you that those two pebbles you was talkin' to would oozle the eyes out of y'r head. 1997 Sporting Life 10 Dec. 19/2 I told Lorcan not to ask Golden Hello any serious question until he needed to, but the horse is as game as a pebble. < as lemmas |
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