| 单词 | a feast, sight, etc for the gods |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa feast, sight, etc. (fit) for the gods c. a feast, sight, etc. (fit) for the gods: a delightful or amazing feast, sight, etc. ΚΠ 1584 R. Greene Morando sig. E.iv Leaue of to inueigh against Loue, since it is a labour fit for the Gods. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 173 Let's carue him, as a Dish fit for the Gods. View more context for this quotation 1861 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 19/1 It is pronounced ‘fine’, ‘super-excellent’, ‘food fit for the gods!’ 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 456/1 He considered pepper-pot a dish fit for the gods. 1898 Tit-Bits 21 May 154/2 The avidity with which they polished off joss candles was a sight for the gods. 1938 Scotsman 19 Aug. 14/2 To people out of sorts with life,..they provided a feast fit for the gods. 2002 Best of Brit. Nov. 49/2 At Christmas we can still run to a can of the 1943 Spam as a treat... If you can find a good can of the '43 what's not blown, that's food fit for the gods. < as lemmas |
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