| 单词 | the fun of the fair |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(all) the fun of the fair P2. colloquial. (all) the fun of the fair: (all of) the entertainment, excitement, etc., available; (also) everything altogether, the whole lot. ΚΠ 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxiv. 250 You're half the fun of the fair, in the Court of Chancery. 1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xi. 104 The balance..must serve for everything—washing, food, odds and ends, household and personal. ‘The fun of the fair.’ 1911 ‘Q’ Brother Copas xxiii. 279 The American woman, as everybody knows, has all the fun of the fair. 1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. ii. 25 £3 10.0. inclusive of everything—all the fun of the fair, as you might say. 2001 Model Engineer 186 122/2 No-one used to worry either, about sparks thrown out from our little engines, even if they..singed a bit of skin; it was all part of ‘the fun of the fair.’ < as lemmas |
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