英语词汇“to be no great shakes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

7. to be no great (some great, considerable, etc.) shakes: to be nothing (something, etc.) extraordinary in ability or importance. [Perhaps alluding to shaking of dice.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > other

to take the right-hand file1616

first1635

to speak in capitals?1694

to take the (or a) lead1761

to play first (or second) fiddle1778

to play first violin1780

to be no great (some great, considerable, etc.) shakes1819

to pitch it strong1823

to come out strong1825

violin1895

repeat1923

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (intransitive)] > be of little importance

to be no great (some great, considerable, etc.) shakes1819

1816 Ld. Broughton Recoll. Long Life (1865) II. 2 W. said that a piece of sculpture there was ‘nullae magnae quassationes’, and the others laughed heartily.]

1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress (ed. 3) 41 Though no great shakes at learned chat.

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 89 Ten years ago, the young Whig was ‘non sordidus auctor’, considerable shakes; but now they are all asses.

1820 Ld. Byron Let. 28 Sept. (1977) VII. 182 I had my hands full—and my head too just then,—so it can be no great shakes—I mean the play.

1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 473 No great shakes at metre.

1876 R. Browning Pacchiarotto & Other Poems 69 This article, no such great shakes, Fizzes like wild fire?

1894 Cornhill Mag. June 564 Bannock can't hit a haystack at fifty yards, and I'm no great shakes.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers x. 266 You think you're terrific great shakes, and that you live under the eternal insult of working in a factory.

1939 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Nov. 6/8 Women feel..that, no matter what poor shakes of wives they are, their husbands are blessed beyond their deserts in getting them.

1948 G. H. Johnston Death takes Small Bites vii. 159 He couldn't have been any great shakes as a driver because he didn't beat you by much.

1970 H. McLeave Question of Negligence xxiii. 191 I'm no great shakes at this modern dancing.

1976 Daily Mirror 18 Mar. 2/3 Sir Richard may not have been particularly great shakes. But he was never given much chance to show his paces.

单词	to be no great shakes
释义	> as lemmas to be no great (some great, considerable, etc.) shakes 7. to be no great (some great, considerable, etc.) shakes: to be nothing (something, etc.) extraordinary in ability or importance. [Perhaps alluding to shaking of dice.] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > other to take the right-hand file1616 first1635 to speak in capitals?1694 to take the (or a) lead1761 to play first (or second) fiddle1778 to play first violin1780 to be no great (some great, considerable, etc.) shakes1819 to pitch it strong1823 to come out strong1825 violin1895 repeat1923 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (intransitive)] > be of little importance to be no great (some great, considerable, etc.) shakes1819 1816 Ld. Broughton Recoll. Long Life (1865) II. 2 W. said that a piece of sculpture there was ‘nullae magnae quassationes’, and the others laughed heartily.] 1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress (ed. 3) 41 Though no great shakes at learned chat. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 89 Ten years ago, the young Whig was ‘non sordidus auctor’, considerable shakes; but now they are all asses. 1820 Ld. Byron Let. 28 Sept. (1977) VII. 182 I had my hands full—and my head too just then,—so it can be no great shakes—I mean the play. 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 473 No great shakes at metre. 1876 R. Browning Pacchiarotto & Other Poems 69 This article, no such great shakes, Fizzes like wild fire? 1894 Cornhill Mag. June 564 Bannock can't hit a haystack at fifty yards, and I'm no great shakes. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers x. 266 You think you're terrific great shakes, and that you live under the eternal insult of working in a factory. 1939 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Nov. 6/8 Women feel..that, no matter what poor shakes of wives they are, their husbands are blessed beyond their deserts in getting them. 1948 G. H. Johnston Death takes Small Bites vii. 159 He couldn't have been any great shakes as a driver because he didn't beat you by much. 1970 H. McLeave Question of Negligence xxiii. 191 I'm no great shakes at this modern dancing. 1976 Daily Mirror 18 Mar. 2/3 Sir Richard may not have been particularly great shakes. But he was never given much chance to show his paces. extracted from shaken.¹ < as lemmas
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