| 单词 | stiff as a poker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstiff as a poker a. Colloquial phrases. stiff as a poker; stiff in the back, firm, resolute; to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip, to be firm, unyielding; hence stiff-upper-lip adj.; also as v. intransitive and adv.; also stiff-upper-lipped adj., stiff-upper-lippery, stiff-upper-lippish adj., stiffupperlippishness. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] fasteOE stathelfasteOE anredOE hardOE starkOE trueOE steadfast993 fastredeOE stithc1000 findyOE stablea1275 stathelyc1275 stiffc1275 stablec1290 steel to the (very) backa1300 unbowinga1300 stably13.. firm1377 unmovablea1382 constantc1386 abidingc1400 toughc1400 sure1421 unmoblea1425 unfaintedc1425 unfaint1436 permanent?a1475 stalwartc1480 unbroken1513 immovable1534 inconcuss1542 unshaken1548 stout1569 unwavering1570 undiscourageable1571 fixed1574 discourageable1576 unappalled1578 resolute1579 unremoved1583 resolved1585 unflexiblea1586 unshakeda1586 square1589 unstooping1597 iron1598 rocky1601 steady1602 undeclinable1610 unboweda1616 unfainting1615 unswayed1615 staunch1624 undiscourageda1628 staid1631 unshook1633 blue?1636 true blue?1636 tenacious1640 uncomplying1643 yieldless1651 riveting1658 unshakened1659 inconquerable1660 unyielding1677 unbendinga1688 tight1690 unswerving1694 unfaltering1727 unsubmitting1730 undeviating1732 undrooping1736 impervertible1741 undamped1742 undyingc1765 sturdy1775 stiff as a poker1798 unfickle1802 indivertible1821 thick and thin1822 undisheartened1827 inconvertible1829 straightforward1829 indomitable1830 stickfast1831 unsuccumbing1833 unturnable1847 unswerved1849 undivertible1856 unforsaking1862 swerveless1863 steeve1870 rock-ribbed1884 stiff in the back1897 the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > [adjective] firm1377 steel-nerveda1400 stablec1440 stiff-upper-lipped1798 stiff-upper-lip1961 stiff-upper-lippish1963 the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > to be stiff-upper-lipped [verb] to be of (good) comfortc1320 to be of good cheera1413 to stand buff1701 to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1798 to die game1886 stiff-upper-lip1977 the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid stithc897 stiff1000 starkOE inflexiblec1400 rigent?1440 unbowable1537 staffish1545 steya1586 unpliablea1618 rigid1618 unsupple1621 unpliant1624 immercurial1637 steeve1637 starky1657 impliablea1734 tharf1747 stiff as a poker1798 unbending1802 unbowsome1818 crisp1851 unbendable1884 poker-stiff1894 unfluxile1925 the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [adjective] > stiff jointless1748 stiff as a poker1798 ramrod1850 unbowsome1894 the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)] > endure without giving way bearOE sustaina1382 dreec1400 to bear, hold tack1580 to stick out1677 to tough it (out)1830 to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1837 to take it (or life) on the chin1928 to hang in1969 the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > [noun] stoicism1630 grit1825 pecker1845 sand1867 stiff-upper-lippery1961 stiffupperlippishness1973 1798 G. Colman Heir at Law iii. ii. 41 The last lord Duberly's father..with a wig as wide as a wash-tub, and stuck up as stiff as a poker. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 251 Lady Elizabeth, as stiff as a poker, sat with her mouth pursed up, vexed to death. 1815 Massachusetts Spy 14 June I kept a stiff upper lip, and bought [a] license to sell my goods. 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) x. 77 Its a proper pity sich a clever woman should carry such a stiff upper lip. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. x. 152 ‘Well, good-by, Uncle Tom; keep a stiff upper lip,’ said George. 1876 E. W. Heap Diary 22 Mar. in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. (1969) lii. 55 Frozen as stiff as a poker last night. 1887 Spectator 17 Sept. 1241 The Financial Secretary, who, it is supposed, will have a stiff upper lip and tightly buttoned pockets. 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby v. 275 Each walked off..stiff as pokers. 1897 ‘A. Hope’ Phroso (1905) iv. 75 ‘Are you going to let him off?’ demanded Denny, suspiciously. ‘You never can be stiff in the back, Charley.’ 1934 J. Buchan Free Fishers xviii. 297 Old Utterson is as stiff as a poker, and would keep us arguing till midnight. < as lemmas |
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