| 单词 | nervous as a witch |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(as) nervous as a witch P4. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). (as) nervous as a witch: very restless. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > restlessness > [phrase] > state of extreme restlessness as nervous as a witch1853 like a cat on hot bricks1886 1853 Water-cure Jrnl. (N.Y.) Apr. 75/2 The windows were down, the air close, and the patient as nervous as a witch. 1911 F. M. Crawford Man Overboard in Uncanny Tales (1917) 132 She's been as nervous as a witch all day. 1992 Times 1 June 29/5 In the morning before the race, one or two of those who spoke to him [sc. Nigel Mansell] had said he was as nervous as a witch. < as lemmas |
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