| 单词 | as fast as hops |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas fast as hops 3. as thick as hops (? referring to the plants when grown in rows, or to the crowded catkins of flowers); also as fast as hops, as mad as hops (? with play on hop n.2). ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > in/into one place, company, or mass [phrase] > crowded together in pressa1450 as thick as hops1590 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. C They must be throwne ouer the Pulpit as thicke as hoppes. 1630 J. Taylor Peace of France in Wks. 322 At the Bake-houses, as thicke as hops The tatling women..thy fourefold praises knead. 1677 M. Nedham 2nd Pacquet Advices 54 'Tis to be answer'd too as fast as Hops now. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical x. 110 Other Amusements presented themselves as thick as Hops. 1884 Harper's Mag. Oct. 695/2 Such a grin! It made me mad as hops. < as lemmas |
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