单词 | like a tansy |
释义 | > as lemmaslike a tansy ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adverb] fullfremedlyOE to envyc1369 to a wish1390 perfectlyc1395 consummately1529 sincerely1583 to the (also a) nail?1611 like a tansy1619 magisterially1625 (up) to the nines (rarely nine)?1719 puffickly1858 quintessentially1866 to the (also a) queen's taste1880 A-OK1961 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suitable or appropriate [phrase] > exactly like a tansy1619 bang up1819 that's the stuff (to give them or to give the troops)1923 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King v. sig. K1v To haue a leg broke, or a shoulder out, with being turnd ath'stones like a Tanzie. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xxii That's well said,..now this is something like a Tanzy [Fr. C'est bien dit et advisé]. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 89 Miss. Look, Lady Answerall, is it not well mended? Lady Answ. Ay, this is something like a Tansy. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. v. 39 I would work..like a horse, and make fortifications for you something like a tansy. < as lemmas |
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