单词 | not much, little, etc, in it |
释义 | > as lemmasnot much, little, etc., in it e. Originally Sport. not much, little, etc., in it: little difference between competitors or any persons or things that are compared.See also (there is) nothing in it at nothing pron., n., adv., and int. Phrases 15c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > identity > the same [phrase] > there is no difference six‥and half-a-dozen1836 not much, little, etc., in it1907 (there is) nothing in it1927 1907 Truth 21 Aug. 464/1 ‘Win or lose, I don't care a jot, so long as it's a neck-and-neck thing. And you and I play just about as level as they make 'em.’ ‘Yes, there's not much in it... Though I fancy you just have the pull of me on the putting greens.’ 1927 Observer 18 Dec. 19/3 The first round there was nothing much in it. In the second round Angus..punched Mansfield round the ring. 1929 S. E. Thomas Elem. Econ. (ed. 4) xxix. 523 While in the course of a year Britain imports considerable quantities of gold, she also exports almost equally large quantities, and on balance there is usually very little in it. 1970 G. Chapman et al. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1989) II. xxxix. 238 Hello, and a very warm welcome from the Tower ballroom suite at Reading, where there's very little in it, they're neck and neck.., you couldn't get a melon between them. 1991 A. Slomson Introd. to Combinatorics 211 Although there is not a great deal in it, keeping just the pair of Jacks gives you a better chance of improving your hand. 2017 Coffs Coast (Austral.) Advocate (Nexis) 22 Mar. 16 Among the under-35s, there's not much in it between the proportion of renters and those who own their home. < as lemmas |
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