单词 | as neat as ninepence |
释义 | > as lemmasas neat (also nice, right, etc.) as ninepence b. as neat (also nice, right, etc.) as ninepence: (of an action) neat or brisk; (of a person or thing): tidy, healthy, well-ordered. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > with physical skill listlyc1000 featouslya1375 featlyc1400 deftlya1500 expedient1509 deliverly1530 handsomely1530 courteouslya1533 neatlya1547 dexteriously1605 cleverly1614 featilya1640 dexterously1646 deft1805 neat1822 handily1832 as neat (also nice, right, etc.) as ninepence1857 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 11/1 in Παροιμιογραϕια As fine as fippence, as neat as nine pence. 1805 T. Morton School of Reform II. iii. 34 I pulled stuff into my hat as clean as nine-pence. 1857 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 81 397 If I didn't see him whip a picture out of its frame, as neat as ninepence. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ix. 76 As grand as ninepence. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 106 I thought I was as right as ninepence. 1968 ‘C. Aird’ Henrietta Who? iv. 37 A rare old state it was in..but your mother..had it right as ninepence in next to no time. 1995 K. Atkinson Behind Scenes at Museum (1996) vii. 198 She is tucked up, nice as ninepence, under a neat blanket to green turf that's like a card table. 2001 Total DVD Feb. 79/3 Motorised as neat as ninepence, it unfolds with a little metallic schwing! sound. < as lemmas |
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