单词 | to be —— enough to stop a clock |
释义 | > as lemmasto be —— enough to stop a clock (a) Originally U.S. to be —— enough to stop a clock: (chiefly of something unappealing or unpleasant) to be extremely ——. ΚΠ 1863 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 23 Oct. The hogs..scatter their unclean drippings along the side-walks till the stink is sometimes strong enough to stop a clock. 1888 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 24 Dec. 4/7 They were talking about you last night... About your being homely enough to stop a clock. 1937 R. P. T. Coffin Kennebec ii. 15 Cold as the porridge at the poorhouse. Cold enough to stop a clock. Cold as slow molasses running uphill. There are a lot of Maine proverbs for cold. 1970 Amer. Speech 45 170 Clock-stopper, bulky sweater colorful enough to stop a clock. 2015 Daily Mail (Nexis) 29 June Every now and again in certain areas, a malodorous whiff of something truly awful hits you, strong enough to stop a clock. < as lemmas |
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