| 单词 | room enough to turn a coach and six in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroom enough to turn a coach and six in a. Used (often hyperbolically) in phrases referring to the large size of a space, hole, etc., as in room enough to turn a coach and six in. ΚΠ 1649 ‘Mercurius Elencticus’ 1st Pt. Last Wil & Test. Philip Earle of Pembrooke sig. A3 I'de rather go to hel, or purgatory, where there's room enough for a coach and six horses to turn, then be mew'd up under ground. 1684 T. Otway Atheist v. 74 Is not there a Hole in my belly, that you may turn a Coach and six in? 1793 St. James's Chron. 18 Apr. The Mansion..in which..its former possessor..boasted that he could turn a coach and four. 1818 Morning Post 31 Oct. The kitchen is of a vast size, sufficiently capacious to turn a coach and six in. 1913 E. Gülcher tr. C. Blennerhassett Sidelights 94 With fearful cries the riders of the second column rode over the first, although there was space enough between them to turn a coach and eight. 2016 S. Phipps Molly Keane (e-book ed.) The hall, large enough to turn a coach and four in, had an elegant cantilevered staircase rising from it. < as lemmas |
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