单词 | kiss my hand, finger, etc) |
释义 | > as lemmas(as easy as) kiss my (or your, etc.) hand, finger, etc.) 7. Used in various collocations to denote the comparative ease of an action, etc.; as in (as easy as) kiss my (or your, etc.) hand, finger, etc.) ΚΠ 1891 A. J. Munby Vulgar Verses 101 I lay it's as easy as kiss-my-thumb, For to have my way wi' her. 1909 P. Webling Story of Virginia Perfect xxv. 249 It isn't so easy to make respectable friends, and so Miss Malet will find out, though she finds it as easy as kiss-your-'and to drop them! 1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 167 The 'ole Somme front washed out as clean as kiss-me-'and! 1926 F. M. Ford Man could stand Up i. ii. 21 The prospect had seemed as near—as near as kiss your finger! 1949 J. Symons Bland Beginning 187 He wanted us to do a little job for him. It was as easy as kiss your hand. 1961 Sunday Express 12 Feb. 9/4 The cars have to be insured and that's as easy as kiss your hand. 1968 Punch 4 Sept. 330/3 The furs..dropped down like kiss-your-arm into net provided. 1973 V. Canning Flight of Grey Goose v. 92 You might be on to a bit of all right here. Yes... Sweet and easy as kiss your hand. < as lemmas |
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