单词 | as solid as a rock |
释义 | > as lemmasas solid as a rock c. as solid as a rock. Cf. rock-solid adj. at Compounds 1e. ΚΠ 1612 W. Shute tr. G. Du Vair Holy Medit. 338 Graunt that the foundation of my faith may bee as firme and solid as a rock.] 1682 T. S. 2nd Pt. Pilgrims Progress 91 The Old Heart which was taken out of him was a perfect Stone, as solid as a Rock, and as hard as the neather Milstone. 1722 Bibliotheca Biblica II. xiii. 168 Is not a Foundation or Postulatum, thus Laid, a very Strong One, Solid as a Rock and Firm as the Pillars of the World? 1877 Times 15 Oct. 6/4 All was found right and tight, the fastenings of the stone as solid as a rock. 1922 R. M. Jones Boy Jesus & his Compan. viii. 105 He promised Simon that instead of being fickle and weak and impulsive he should become as solid as a rock. 1999 D. Cruise & A. Griffiths Working the Land iv. 230 David hefts the offering. Solid as a rock—frozen too hard to pry open. < as lemmas |
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