| 单词 | like billy-o |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslike billy-o Used in the intensive phrase like billy-o: = like the devil (see devil n. Phrases 2a); also in other intensive phrases. Cf. like adv. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > extremely like mada1375 with a mischief1538 (as) — as anything1542 with a vengeance1568 with a siserary1607 (to be pleased) to a feathera1616 in (the) extremea1616 with the vengeance1693 to a degree1740 like hell1776 like the devil1791 like winky1830 like billy-o1885 (like) seven shades of ——1919 like a bandit1943 on wheels1943 1885 Referee 9 Aug. 7/4 Shure it'll rain like billy-oh! 1914 W. J. Locke Fortunate Youth iii ‘And they fight?’ ‘Like billy-o,’ said Paul. 1927 Punch 25 May 584/3 He would take a team anywhere... He would take a team to Billy-O. 1927 Observer 11 Dec. 26 The Holy Rollers were going it like billy-oh to a tune which sounded like ‘My old man's a fireman’. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 25 July 21/4 With the price of copra and rubber all to billyoh, Papua has been in the doldrums lately. 1969 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 1 June 6/3 There was Amundsen..with his dogs going like billyo for the Pole. < as lemmas |
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