| 单词 | the pick of the basket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe pick of the basket d. phrases. to pin the basket: to conclude the matter (obsolete). to be left in the basket: to remain unchosen, or to the last (like the worst apples, etc.). the pick of the basket: i.e. of the lot or number. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] > push a matter to a conclusion to clinch a nailc1460 to drive the nail (in) (to the head)c1460 to pin the basketa1659 to drive the nail home1690 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (intransitive)] > be dismissed or rejected to go whistle1453 to go hanga1616 pluck1772 to be left in the basketa1845 to go (also be thrown, etc.) out (of) the window1913 to be out (of) the window1938 to get knotted1963 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > the choice or pick flowerc1200 pearlc1400 richessec1450 choicea1513 wale1513 cream1581 garland1591 pink1597 analect1653 pick1766 the pick of the basket1874 a1659 F. Osborne Observ. Turks (1673) Pref. 4 Steer contrary to the current of Antiquity, imagined only by idle Dunces, to have pinned the Basket. a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 93 Thus far in Jest; but now to pin the basket, May'st thou to England come. 1756 W. Young Lat. Dict. at Pin To pin the basket ..concludo, conficio, finio. a1845 R. H. Barham House-warming!! in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 293 And all other suitors are ‘left in the basket.’ 1874 Bell's Life in London 26 Dec. The pick of the basket, a compact young greyhound. < as lemmas |
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