| 单词 | the devil's job |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe devil's (own) job P7. the devil's (own) job: an extremely difficult task. Cf. sense 4c. ΚΠ 1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 419/2 The devil's own job it was ere we got rid of 'em. 1885 T. Bracken Killin' V.P. in Paddy Murphy's Ann. 60 It's the divil's own job to widstand the bewildhermints av a purty young woman. 1907 J. M. Synge Tinker's Wedding i. 1 It's the divil's job making a ring. 1922 F. H. Burnett Robin xviii. 154 ‘You propose to suggest that she shall marry you?’.. ‘Yes. It will be the devil's own job..she has abhorred me all her life.’ 1999 A. Mallinson Close Run Thing vi. 119 Dan, at every river in Spain it was the same—the Devil's own job just to keep powder and fire-locks dry. < as lemmas |
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