| 单词 | on the level |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the level b. on the level, (in a) fair, honest, or straightforward (way); reliable, true. Frequently as adv.phr. = honestly; truthfully. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] aefauldOE trueOE true as steela1300 throlya1375 entirec1380 faithfula1382 entirelyc1400 single1519 sincere1533 sincere1539 simple-minded1556 Dunstable?1565 truthful?1567 single-hearted1574 single-minded1577 sound1580 downright1584 unaffected1592 real1597 plain-hearted1601 unartificial1603 free1619 honest1634 fair and square1636 round-dealing1642 wholehearted1657 down flata1663 well-designing1670 heart-whole1684 single-eyed1705 unsanctimoniousa1797 natural1825 bona fide1827 unfallacious1827 jannock1828 forthcoming1835 up and down1836 bonified1840 forthgoing1851 unhypocritical1854 forthright1855 upstanding1863 on the level1872 genuine1890 for real1954 upfront1967 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis God (it) wot?c1225 goddot?a1289 sooth to sayc1330 truth (also sooth) to tella1375 honestly1819 honest Indian1854 truthfully1854 honest Injun1857 on the level1872 straight1874 honest1876 square dinkum1888 no kidding1901 straight-up1963 1872 G. P. Burnham Mem. U.S. Secret Service p. vii On the level, meeting a man with honorable intentions. 1896 G. Ade Artie vi. 50 I see barrel-house boys goin' around for hand-outs that was more on the level than you are. 1901 ‘J. Flynt’ World of Graft iii. 89 When a man who has been a known thief makes up his mind to quit stealing and live ‘on the level’, they say in the Under World that he has ‘squared it’. a1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny ix. 157 Bud acted ‘on the level’. 1911 ‘O. Henry’ Rolling Stones (1915) 194 Now, am I talking on the level or am I not? 1932 A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms 50 You may be quite sure that the business is quite on the level. 1936 N. Marsh Death in Ecstasy xvii. 209 I've had no more'n my fair share. Same goes for Raveenje. He's on the level all right. 1958 R. Graves in Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. x/3 He also prefers pools to premium-bond gambling—in which a bloke can't choose his own combination of numbers, so how does one know that it's on the level? 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard ii. 47 If you're on the level, we won't object. on the level c. on the level: moderate in ambition or aim. ΚΠ 1790 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1842) xv. 269 The Caracci..formed..a most respectable school, a style more on the level, and calculated to please a greater number. < as lemmas |
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