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单词 till all is blue
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till all (also †the ground) is (also looks, seems) blue
P2. till all (also †the ground) is (also looks, seems) blue and variants (colloquial): to the absolute end, for an indefinite period. Now rare.Originally with reference to a prolonged bout of drinking, perhaps from the effect of alcohol on the eyesight.
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a1606 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao ii. iii, in Sixe Court Comedies (1632) sig. M8 To the ‘Tap-house’ then let's gang, and rore,..And part not till the ground looke blew.
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1837 They drink..Vntill their adle heads doe make the ground Seeme blew vnto them.
1731 E. Roome et al. Brome's Jovial Crew iii. ii. 61 Old Sack, and old Songs, and a merry old Crew, Will fright away Cares, when the Ground looks blue.
1764 T. Bridges Homer Travestie II. ix. 187 She curs'd 'till all the ground look'd blue.
1838 Fraser's Mag. 17 313 Cracking jokes and bottles, until all is blue.
1841 E. Leslie in Gift 1842 100 ‘Will he talk, doctor?’ ‘Yes! till all is blue. He's the greatest talker you ever met.’
1902 A. B. Paterson Rio Grande's Last Race 124 It's grand to be a rabbit And breed till all is blue.
1920 W. P. White Lynch Lawyers xix. 185 A fine chance we'd have of provin' anythin'..with you and your gang ready..to swear black's green till all's blue.
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