| 单词 | as cold as a key |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas cold as a key P5. as cold as a key: extremely cold; (figurative) devoid of warmth or feeling; = key-cold adj. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 244 (MED) Ther was nevere keie..More inly cold than I am al.] 1542 Dyalogue Defensyue for Women sig. B.ii Women in theyr nature, be colde as a kay. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 674 in Shorter Poems (1967) 48 Wyth quakand voce and hart cald as a key [rhymes fey, pley, etc.]. a1598 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 120 [Ker MS] My lyfe..from my body fled And left my Corps als cold as ony Kie [rhymes thee, ee, thrie]. 1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant iv. 55 Till they be cold as a Key, there's no trusting them. 1833 H. Smith Gale Middleton I. vii. 153 His mug and his mauley are as cold as a key. 1905 Good Words 46 148/2 I'm very hot, too, that comes of racing with wrens in this weather, but wait a minute and you'll be as cold as a key. 1982 G. Ewart Coll. Poems (1991) i. 33 As warm as a wasp's nest, As cold as a key, That is the way, That is the worrying way You've been to me. < as lemmas |
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