英语词汇“as fine as a fiddle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

In colloquial phrases: as fine as a fiddle = as fit as a fiddle. as fit as a fiddle: in good ‘form’ or condition. to hang up one's fiddle: to retire from business, give up an undertaking. to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home: said of persons who are entertaining abroad but not in their family circle. to play first (or second) fiddle: to take a leading (or subordinate) position. to play third fiddle, to be the third party. to have one's face made of a fiddle: to be irresistibly charming. to have a face as long as a fiddle: to look dismal.

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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > fit

well-breatheda1425

long-breatheda1513

fitly1570

long-winded1578

as fit as a fiddle1603

toned1745

well-braced1859

fit1869

(as) fit as a flea1889

fighting-fit1891

pinkish1949

aerobicized1983

the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > be attractive [phrase]

to have one's face made of a fiddle1762

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > other

to take the right-hand file1616

first1635

to speak in capitals?1694

to take the (or a) lead1761

to play first (or second) fiddle1778

to play first violin1780

to be no great (some great, considerable, etc.) shakes1819

to pitch it strong1823

to come out strong1825

violin1895

repeat1923

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > retire

recede1452

retirec1598

to make one's bowa1656

to hang up one's fiddle1833

society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (intransitive)] > abroad, but not in family circle

to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home1836

the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > abandon an attempt or enterprise [verb (intransitive)]

unbenda1400

unbinda1400

to leave (a person) the field?c1450

to give upa1616

to call (it) quits1851

to pull the pin1860

to hang up one's fiddle1889

to pack in1906

to pack up1925

to cop out1942

to give it away1949

1603 tr. Batchelars Banquet iii. sig. C2^v Then comes downe mistresse Nurse as fine as a farthing fiddle, in her petticoate and kertle.

a1605 W. Haughton English-men for my Money (1616) sig. G^v This is excellent ynfayth, as fit as a Fiddle.

a1605 W. Haughton English-men for my Money (1616) sig. K3^v This is excellent, this is as fine as a Fiddle.

a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd iv. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeee4^v/1 Bart. Am I come fit Penurio? Pen. As fit as a fiddle.

1762 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves I. viii. 165 Your honour's face is made of a fiddle; every one that looks on you loves you.

1778 G. L. Way Learning at Loss II. 79 Our Friends..returned, with Jack Solecism the first Fiddle as usual.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. xi. 187 I am quite at your service to play second fiddle in all your laudable enterprises.

1811 Massachusetts Spy 20 Mar. 4/1 But pleasures are brittle as glass, Although as a fiddle they're fine.

1815 D. Humphreys Yankey in Eng. 37 I am as fine as a fiddle.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 163 How could I help it? His face was made of a fiddle.

1822 B. E. O'Meara Napoleon in Exile I. 227 He was of opinion that Prussia should never play the first fiddle in the affairs of the Continent.

1827 J. K. Paulding tr. Bk. St. Nicholas (1836) 78 Pleasure sleighs, which, at that period it was the fashion among farmers to have as fine as fiddles.

1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing 90 (Weingarten) You'll have to hang up your fiddle till another year.

1836 W. Dunlap Mem. Water Drinker II. 6 He does not hang his fiddle up behind the street-door when he comes home.

1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe III. ix. 140 It was evident that..he had been playing..second fiddle.

1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 407 As fine as a fiddle.

1866 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. from Sandwich Islands 9 America..is out in the cold now, and does not even play third fiddle to this European element.

1870 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories (1871) 185 Wal, you see, from the time that Bill Elderkin come and took the academy, I could see plain enough that it was time for me to hang up my fiddle.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. xi. 253 ‘Is Salathiel pretty fresh?’ asked the Baron. ‘Fit as a fiddle’.

1889 D. Hannay Life F. Marryat ix He did not entirely hang his fiddle up when he came home.

1889 H. O'Reilly & J. Y. Nelson Fifty Years on Trail 11 I arrived at my destination feeling as fit as a fiddle.

1889 ‘E. Lyall’ Derrick Vaughan ii I took care to drop behind, having no taste for the third-fiddle business.

1931 ‘L. Thayer’ Last Shot iv. 40 There you are, Stanley. Looking as fine as a fiddle.

单词	as fine as a fiddle
释义	> as lemmas as fine as a fiddle In colloquial phrases: as fine as a fiddle = as fit as a fiddle. as fit as a fiddle: in good ‘form’ or condition. to hang up one's fiddle: to retire from business, give up an undertaking. to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home: said of persons who are entertaining abroad but not in their family circle. to play first (or second) fiddle: to take a leading (or subordinate) position. to play third fiddle, to be the third party. to have one's face made of a fiddle: to be irresistibly charming. to have a face as long as a fiddle: to look dismal. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > fit well-breatheda1425 long-breatheda1513 fitly1570 long-winded1578 as fit as a fiddle1603 toned1745 well-braced1859 fit1869 (as) fit as a flea1889 fighting-fit1891 pinkish1949 aerobicized1983 the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > be attractive [phrase] to have one's face made of a fiddle1762 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > other to take the right-hand file1616 first1635 to speak in capitals?1694 to take the (or a) lead1761 to play first (or second) fiddle1778 to play first violin1780 to be no great (some great, considerable, etc.) shakes1819 to pitch it strong1823 to come out strong1825 violin1895 repeat1923 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > retire recede1452 retirec1598 to make one's bowa1656 to hang up one's fiddle1833 society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (intransitive)] > abroad, but not in family circle to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home1836 the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > abandon an attempt or enterprise [verb (intransitive)] unbenda1400 unbinda1400 to leave (a person) the field?c1450 to give upa1616 to call (it) quits1851 to pull the pin1860 to hang up one's fiddle1889 to pack in1906 to pack up1925 to cop out1942 to give it away1949 1603 tr. Batchelars Banquet iii. sig. C2^v Then comes downe mistresse Nurse as fine as a farthing fiddle, in her petticoate and kertle. a1605 W. Haughton English-men for my Money (1616) sig. G^v This is excellent ynfayth, as fit as a Fiddle. a1605 W. Haughton English-men for my Money (1616) sig. K3^v This is excellent, this is as fine as a Fiddle. a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd iv. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeee4^v/1 Bart. Am I come fit Penurio? Pen. As fit as a fiddle. 1762 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves I. viii. 165 Your honour's face is made of a fiddle; every one that looks on you loves you. 1778 G. L. Way Learning at Loss II. 79 Our Friends..returned, with Jack Solecism the first Fiddle as usual. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. xi. 187 I am quite at your service to play second fiddle in all your laudable enterprises. 1811 Massachusetts Spy 20 Mar. 4/1 But pleasures are brittle as glass, Although as a fiddle they're fine. 1815 D. Humphreys Yankey in Eng. 37 I am as fine as a fiddle. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 163 How could I help it? His face was made of a fiddle. 1822 B. E. O'Meara Napoleon in Exile I. 227 He was of opinion that Prussia should never play the first fiddle in the affairs of the Continent. 1827 J. K. Paulding tr. Bk. St. Nicholas (1836) 78 Pleasure sleighs, which, at that period it was the fashion among farmers to have as fine as fiddles. 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing 90 (Weingarten) You'll have to hang up your fiddle till another year. 1836 W. Dunlap Mem. Water Drinker II. 6 He does not hang his fiddle up behind the street-door when he comes home. 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe III. ix. 140 It was evident that..he had been playing..second fiddle. 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 407 As fine as a fiddle. 1866 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. from Sandwich Islands 9 America..is out in the cold now, and does not even play third fiddle to this European element. 1870 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories (1871) 185 Wal, you see, from the time that Bill Elderkin come and took the academy, I could see plain enough that it was time for me to hang up my fiddle. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. xi. 253 ‘Is Salathiel pretty fresh?’ asked the Baron. ‘Fit as a fiddle’. 1889 D. Hannay Life F. Marryat ix He did not entirely hang his fiddle up when he came home. 1889 H. O'Reilly & J. Y. Nelson Fifty Years on Trail 11 I arrived at my destination feeling as fit as a fiddle. 1889 ‘E. Lyall’ Derrick Vaughan ii I took care to drop behind, having no taste for the third-fiddle business. 1931 ‘L. Thayer’ Last Shot iv. 40 There you are, Stanley. Looking as fine as a fiddle. extracted from fiddlen. < as lemmas
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