| 单词 | more where that came from |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmore where that came from f. more where that came from and variants: an additional supply of something; spec. one large enough to permit great or repeated consumption or use. Frequently in there's plenty more where that came from and variants, with implication that something may be eaten, drunk, etc., freely. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [phrase] > plentiful or inexhaustible supply more where that came from1810 1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs II. v. 92 I..told him not to spare it, it was a chilly night, and I should get more where it came from. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xi. 137 They might be certain there was plenty more where that came from. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge II. xiii. 182 ‘There were more where that one came from,’ said Charl, when the sovereign had been taken up and handed to the landlady for safe keeping. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 285 And there's more where that came from, says he. 1954 R. P. Bissell High Water xxii. 270 Plenty more where this came from. 1973 S. Milligan More Goon Show Scripts 94 Crun. You see this we dug up just now? Do you recognise it? Bill. It appears to be a piece of mud. Minnie. And there's more where that came from. 1995 P. McCabe Dead School (1996) 14 He bought the willing suspension of your disbelief with the promise of more where this came from. < as lemmas |
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