| 单词 | one's biggers and betters |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone's biggers and betters A person, group, etc., considered bigger or stronger than another. Chiefly in plural, esp. in one's biggers and betters: one's superiors. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > quality of being larger > one who or that which is morea1398 bigger1546 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xii. sig. Eiiii v His biggers or betters. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxxviii Wherefore we striue. With whom we striue now: secondli to roon: With our biggers to contend. 1869 A. D. Whitney Hitherto iv. 50 Its own capacity to take in sunshine as fast, in proportion, as its biggers and betters. 1988 Classical Philol. 83 321 Be not too bold with your biggers and betters. 2006 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Sept. 76 An on again-off again relationship with their biggers if not betters in the industry. < as lemmas |
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