| 单词 | to have hollow leg |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have (a) hollow leg(s) hollow leg n. colloquial and humorous (often in plural) the ability or capacity to consume an unusually large amount of food or (alcoholic) drink, esp. without apparent adverse effects; frequently in to have (a) hollow leg(s). ΚΠ 1883 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 31 Jan. 8/4 ‘That fellow has hollow legs!’..‘This young man will wake up..with a very uncomfortable stomach. A quart of..water is more than the usual capacity.’ 1939 Gippsland (Victoria) Times 23 Jan. 8/3 (in comic strip) Give Blue plenty [of food] mum, he's got hollow legs y'know! 1964 S. Michaels Dylan i. 28 I can outlast any camp follower alive on the round of bars every night. I'm famous for my hollow leg. 1987 Today's Health Apr. 13/1 Adolescent boys seem to have a hollow leg. 2008 R. Hill Cure for All Dis. (2009) i. xvii. 181 A couple of glasses of wine and you're wobbling like a blancmange. I thought you detectives all had hollow legs. < as lemmas |
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