| 单词 | the dead ring |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe dead ring 7. Australian and New Zealand. the dead ring: a person or thing with a striking resemblance to another, the exact likeness (withof, †for). Cf. ringer n.1 5a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [phrase] > similar the make1539 eiusdem generis1663 the very spit of1825 spit and image1859 the (dead) spit of1885 the dead ring1899 1899 J. Bradshaw Quirindi Bank Robbery 37 You are the dead ring for the veiled prophet himself. 1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 124 The dead ring: a remarkable likeness. 1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams i. xv. 81 They [sc. the sons] were the dead ring of Gil. 1951 D. Ballantyne in Landfall 5 166 A fine little chap. Dead ring of his old man, eh? < as lemmas |
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