| 单词 | in or beyond one's wildest dreams |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin or beyond one's wildest dreams a. Of undertakings, actions, notions, statements, etc.: Going beyond prudent or reasonable limits; rashly or inconsiderately venturesome; going to extremes of extravagance or absurdity; fantastically unreasonable. Also in in or beyond one's wildest dreams, in or beyond one's most fantastic or unrestrained imaginings or expectations. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [adjective] > extravagant mada1470 wild1515 extravagant1598 throughother1813 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > madness, extreme folly > [adjective] woodc900 madc1300 wild1515 hare-brained1548 idle1548 harish1552 frantic1561 hare-brain1566 lunatic1571 lunatical1599 datelessa1686 flaky1964 tonto1982 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adverb] > in realm of fancy in the cherubins1542 in the clouds1651 in the skies1845 in or beyond one's wildest dreams1961 1515 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 158 Gif it sall happin the toun to hald the commoun mylnis and proffeittis thairof and the wild aventouris into thair awin handis. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 137 These are but wild and wherling words, my Lord. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 63 He hath atchieu'd a maide, That parragons description, and wild fame. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. iv. 7 This vnheedfull, desperate, wilde aduenture. View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 509 A wild Reformation; to reforme Hierarchy by Anarchy, a Remedy worse then the Disease. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 112 Mimic Fansie..misjoyning shapes, Wilde work produces oft. View more context for this quotation 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 427 The wild Question that the Examiner puts to me. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 84 'Twas not a very wild Name, Ludus, to be given, to a Dye, or Talus lusorius; considering how humourous a Writer Paracelsus was. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iv. xvi. 243 How came you to entertain so wild a Notion? 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. x. 287 I should make wild work were I to attempt the description of such an animal. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 442 We cannot..wonder that wild stories..were..believed by the common people. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 308 To cherish a wild hope. 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. vi. 247 Serious arguments are mixed up with the wildest buffoonery. 1894 H. Caine Manxman v. ii Two long weeks he spent in this wild quest. 1961 C. McCullers Clock without Hands x. 203 In his wildest dreams he could not associate Johnny with danger. 1969 Listener 24 July 123/3 The programme has succeeded beyond its instigators' wildest dreams. 1984 Tampa (Florida) Tribune 5 Apr. 6 c/2 You know, it's hard to believe I'm really here. It's beyond my wildest dreams that I'd be managing a team that I once played for. < as lemmas |
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