| 单词 | handsome is as handsome does |
| 释义 | > as lemmashandsome is as (also that) handsome does P1. Proverb. handsome is as (also that) handsome does. ΚΠ 1689 P. Ayres Mythologia Ethica i. 11 Our English Proverb answers very aptly: He handsome is that handsome does. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. i. 6 They are as heaven made them, handsome enough, if they be good enough; for handsome is that handsome does. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) (at cited word) Handsome is that handsome does; a proverb frequently cited by ugly women. 1847 F. A. Durivage in W. T. Porter Quarter Race Kentucky 48 She aint no Wenus, Sir,..but handsome is as handsome does. 1899 Glasgow Herald 30 Oct. They all of them ride in the same monkey-like ungainly manner, but ‘handsome is as handsome does,’ and there can be no denying they ‘get there.’ 1950 A. Christie Murder is Announced xiii. 139 ‘Such a handsome young man.’.. ‘Handsome is as handsome does... Much too fond of poking fun at people.’ 2008 Bark May 79/2 Many were quite hideous, but handsome is as handsome does, and some of these monstrosities proved to be incredibly good workers. < as lemmas |
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