| 单词 | to be as red as a cock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be as red (in the gills) as a (turkey-) cock P2. to be as red (in the gills) as a (turkey-) cock: (of a person) to have bright red cheeks; to have a very ruddy complexion. ΚΠ 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxx. 160 He..was reed as a cok, and had a good lyuynge colour. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xi. f. 85v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Tyll they be read as cockes, and litle wyser then their combes. 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger iii. 92 The Lazy Fat Prebend and Ceremony monger..is as Red in the Gills as a Turky-cock, or his Scarlet-hood. 1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times III. 18 Her face was as red as the gills of a turkey cock. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xv. 272 The idea..mantled the blood in my cheeks till I was as red as a turkey-cock. 1928 H. Wade Missing Partners viii. 96 His complexion was extraordinary—‘high-coloured’ exactly describes it—damned high-coloured. He was as red as the proverbial turkey-cock. 1999 C. Graham Place of Safety (2001) 223 His face was as red as a turkey cock's. Mark my words, that man's heading for a stroke. < as lemmas |
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