| 单词 | to pass one's persimmon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pass one's persimmon P2. to pass one's persimmon: to be beyond one's comprehension or understanding. Also to be a jump above one's tallest persimmons. ΚΠ 1839 T. De Quincey 2nd Paper on Murder in Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 664/2 Why, or with what view, it passes my persimmon to tell you. 1845 Knickerbocker 25 425 Wall now, that are's a jump above my tallest persimmons. 1945 H. Miller All Our Lives i. 30 It passes my persimmon to tell how some good men have the hardihood to stay in the same position for twenty-five years. 1995 Washingtonian (Nexis) Nov. 165 To be a jump above someone's tallest persimmons means to be beyond someone's understanding. < as lemmas |
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