英语词汇“the full shilling”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

f. colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand). the full shilling: in full possession of one's mental faculties; (occasionally more generally) in accordance with requirements or expectations. Frequently in negative constructions. Similarly the full quid, two bob, etc..Cf. short of a —— at short adj., n., and adv. Additions.

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1913 E. W. Howe Trav. Lett. N. Z., Austral., & Afr. 112 ‘I don't believe,’ said Mr. A. today, ‘that he is a full shilling.’ Meaning, ‘I don't believe he has good sense.’

1944 Austral. New Writing 36 He'll back down; I said he wasn't the full quid, just a skite.

1960 N. Hilliard Maori Girl iii. vi. 213 Not that she was simple in the sense that she was short of the full quid.

1969 Private Eye 23 May 14 P'raps old Eric's idea was the full two bob after all!

1971 C. Eagle Hail & Farewell ii. 100 He described her as ‘a good old lady, but..she's just not the full shilling, you know what I mean.’

1979 Bulletin (Sydney) 11 Sept. 20/2 R. Gough's quite unprovoked personal attack on me..is so wildly off-beat that one can't help wondering if he is the full two bob.

1982 W. H. Oliver Poor Richard 24 Or they say he isn't quite the full pound though useful enough in the front row.

1991 J. Kelman Burn (1992) 141 There's that way you can tell when somebody isn't very bright..and that nephew was a bit like that, I don't think he was the full shilling.

2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 Oct. (Spectrum section) 2 It's already obvious from her weirdly prosaic thought processes..that Minty's not the full quid.

2011 G. O'Donovan Priest (2012) 301 Mulcahy knew how scared and confused a man could get in police custody, especially a man like Byrne, who clearly wasn't the full shilling to start with.

单词	the full shilling
释义	> as lemmas the full shilling f. colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand). the full shilling: in full possession of one's mental faculties; (occasionally more generally) in accordance with requirements or expectations. Frequently in negative constructions. Similarly the full quid, two bob, etc..Cf. short of a —— at short adj., n., and adv. Additions. ΚΠ 1913 E. W. Howe Trav. Lett. N. Z., Austral., & Afr. 112 ‘I don't believe,’ said Mr. A. today, ‘that he is a full shilling.’ Meaning, ‘I don't believe he has good sense.’ 1944 Austral. New Writing 36 He'll back down; I said he wasn't the full quid, just a skite. 1960 N. Hilliard Maori Girl iii. vi. 213 Not that she was simple in the sense that she was short of the full quid. 1969 Private Eye 23 May 14 P'raps old Eric's idea was the full two bob after all! 1971 C. Eagle Hail & Farewell ii. 100 He described her as ‘a good old lady, but..she's just not the full shilling, you know what I mean.’ 1979 Bulletin (Sydney) 11 Sept. 20/2 R. Gough's quite unprovoked personal attack on me..is so wildly off-beat that one can't help wondering if he is the full two bob. 1982 W. H. Oliver Poor Richard 24 Or they say he isn't quite the full pound though useful enough in the front row. 1991 J. Kelman Burn (1992) 141 There's that way you can tell when somebody isn't very bright..and that nephew was a bit like that, I don't think he was the full shilling. 2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 Oct. (Spectrum section) 2 It's already obvious from her weirdly prosaic thought processes..that Minty's not the full quid. 2011 G. O'Donovan Priest (2012) 301 Mulcahy knew how scared and confused a man could get in police custody, especially a man like Byrne, who clearly wasn't the full shilling to start with. extracted from fulladj.n.²adv. < as lemmas
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