英语词汇“to see through brick walls”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. to see through a brick wall (also to see through brick walls): to have extraordinary powers of perception. Also in similes and comparisons with reference to a person's powers of perception.

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1841 Fraser's Mag. July 40 He was the best pal to do business with without a glim [i.e. a light] I ever knowed. He could almost see through a brick wall.

1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe II. ix. 80 He could see through a brick wall as well as most men.

1936 L. A. G. Strong Last Enemy 309 You're a bit second-sighted, aren't you? I mean you see farther through a brick wall than most?

1968 G. Butler Coffin Following ii. 58 You still look as if you could see through a brick wall.

2015 T. Arlen Death of Dishonorable Gentleman xxiii. 231 Mrs. Jackson knew the lower servants joked that she could see through brick walls, and now Elsie would no doubt believe it to be fact.

单词	to see through brick walls
释义	> as lemmas to see through brick walls P2. to see through a brick wall (also to see through brick walls): to have extraordinary powers of perception. Also in similes and comparisons with reference to a person's powers of perception. ΚΠ 1841 Fraser's Mag. July 40 He was the best pal to do business with without a glim [i.e. a light] I ever knowed. He could almost see through a brick wall. 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe II. ix. 80 He could see through a brick wall as well as most men. 1936 L. A. G. Strong Last Enemy 309 You're a bit second-sighted, aren't you? I mean you see farther through a brick wall than most? 1968 G. Butler Coffin Following ii. 58 You still look as if you could see through a brick wall. 2015 T. Arlen Death of Dishonorable Gentleman xxiii. 231 Mrs. Jackson knew the lower servants joked that she could see through brick walls, and now Elsie would no doubt believe it to be fact. extracted from brick walln.¹ < as lemmas
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