| 单词 | as high as a kite |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas high as a kite P1. as high as a kite, higher than a kite: extremely high (usually in figurative context). See also higher than (or as high as) Gilderoy's kite at Gilderoy n. Cf. high as a kite at high adj. and n.2 Phrases 10. ΚΠ 1860 Southern Literary Messenger Dec. 460/1 You must forget him, give him up at once, be short to him, send him as high as a kite if he dares to address you. 1863 L. M. Alcott Hospital Sketches (1960) 35 I keeled over, feelin' as if I was blowed higher'n a kite. 1889 Chambers's Jrnl. 584/1 I meant to pass the time of day with him, and no more; but all of a sudden he up and tells me a thing as knocked me as high as a kite. 1936 J. Steinbeck In Dubious Battle iv. 45 Sooner or later some girl'd get knocked higher than a kite. a1979 N. Ray I was Interrupted (1993) 100 Lines went haywire, actions went haywire, Arthur got thrown higher than a kite. < as lemmas |
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