单词 | more kicks than halfpence |
释义 | > as lemmasmore kicks than halfpence c. more kicks than halfpence: more harshness than kindness: cf. monkey n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > more unkindness than kindness [phrase] more kicks than halfpence1823 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. viii. 211 ‘Which is like monkey's allowance, I suppose,’ said the traveller, ‘more kicks than halfpence.’ 1853 Darwin in Life II. 39 Though I shall get more kicks than halfpennies, I will, life serving, attempt my work. 1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember I. i. 22 A life, in which the kicks might be more superabundant than the half-pence. < as lemmas |
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