| 单词 | the cat's whiskers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe cat's whiskers l. the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers (slang, originally U.S.): the acme of excellence. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing carbunclea1350 swanc1386 phoenixc1400 diamondc1440 broocha1464 surmounterc1500 sovereign?a1513 primrose peerless1523 superlative1577 transcendent1593 Arabian birda1616 crack1637 first rate1681 peach1710 phoenicle1711 admiration1717 spanker1751 first-raterc1760 no slouch of1767 nailer1806 tip-topper1822 ripper1825 ripstaver1828 apotheosis1832 clinker1836 clipper1836 bird1839 keener1839 ripsnorter1840 beater1845 firecracker1845 pumpkin1845 screamer1846 stunner1847 bottler1855 beaut1866 bobby-dazzler1866 one out of the box1867 stem-winder1875 corker1877 trimmer1878 hot stuff1884 daisy1886 jim-dandy1887 cracker1891 jim-hickey1895 peacherino1896 pippin1897 alpha plus1898 peacherine1900 pip1900 humdinger1905 bosker1906 hummer1907 good egg1914 superstar1914 the berries1918 bee's knee1923 the cat's whiskers1923 smash1923 smash hit1923 brahma1925 dilly1935 piss-cutter1935 killer1937 killer-diller1938 a hard act to follow1942 peacheroo1942 bitch1946 brammerc1950 hot shit1960 Tiffany1973 bollocks1981 1923 W. A. Roberts in Saucy Stories 1 Mar. 121/1 It would have landed us in jail, if we had published it... But as literature, it was the cat's whiskers. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Leave it to Psmith ix. 181 ‘Well, if this ain't the cat's whiskers!’ said Miss Peavey. 1925 S. Lewis Martin Arrowsmith xxxix. 460 This kid used to think Pa Gottlieb was the cat's pyjamas. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Sept. 693/2 We were the absolute and utter cat's pyjamas. 1958 Times 15 Aug. 9/4 Lord Montgomery..holds that to label anything the ‘cat's whiskers’ is to confer on it the highest honour. < as lemmas |
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