| 单词 | as good as a play |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas good as a play d. as good as a play: very entertaining or amusing. ΚΠ 1638 J. Taylor Bull, Beare, & Horse sig. C7 It was as good as a Comedy to him to see the trees fall.] 1827 T. Creevey Let. 22 Nov. in J. Gore Creevey Papers (1963) xiii. 232 This morning after breakfast he has been as good as a play. 1871 Mrs. H. Wood Dene Hollow II. vi. 119 The tale that Master Jarvis told was as good as a play. 1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves ii. iii. 111 He is the life and soul of Miss Carruthers's establishment... To see him with Fluffy—it's as good as a play. 1975 D. M. Davin Closing Times vi. 129 ‘He's as good as a play,’ my own parents would have said of him, had they known him. 2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 31 Aug. 14 He was as good as a play, teasing and entertaining the passengers, giving some well-worn quips a topical spin. < as lemmas |
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