| 单词 | she's apples |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshe's (also it's) apples 10. slang (chiefly Australian and New Zealand). Used to indicate a state of affairs regarded as good or satisfactory (or occasionally ironic the reverse). Chiefly in she's (also it's) apples and variants: everything is all right; things will be fine (see she pron.1 2a(e)).This use of the plural noun can often also be interpreted as a predicative adjectival use. [Perhaps short for either apples and spice or apples and rice , apparently rhyming slang for nice adj., although there is apparently no evidence to support this.] ΚΠ 1943 J. Binning Target Area 140 If everything is running smoothly ‘she's apples’. 1952 T. A. G. Hungerford Ridge & River 44 How's it going, Wally? Everything apples? 1958 R. Stow To Islands iv. 92 She felt their faint movements of relief and surprise. ‘Well,’ said Dixon, ‘that'd be a break. That'd be apples, that would.’ 1963 R. H. Morrieson Scarecrow (1964) xii. 133 Don't cry, Pru. Yuh go and see old Len Ramsbottom and betcha everything'll be apples. 1975 Sydney Morning Herald 24 June 6 No one reckons it's ‘apples’ in the battle for Bass. 1977 R. Beilby Gunner 87 She's apples. Now you just lie back an' take it easy. 1992 R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit 4 Apples & Rice, nice. Generally shortened to the first element when describing something that is nice, e.g. ‘She's apples’. But used in full when used to describe something that isn't, e.g., ‘Oh, that's very apples and rice. I'm out of work and you're pregnant again.’ 1994 Fast Forward 26 Oct. 15 Well, she's not much of a motor, but with a spray job and a new radiator she'll be apples! < as lemmas |
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