| 单词 | to pick the eyes out of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pick (also take) the eyes out of (or from) (b) Australian and New Zealand. A desirable portion of a piece of land. Frequently in to pick (also take) the eyes out of (or from). ΚΠ 1865 Ararat Advertiser (Victoria) 13 June Sections were taken up and the ‘eye picked from the area’. 1865 Australasian 23 June The great prizes—the allotments which were the eyes of the runs. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. i. 24 The original settlers..had in colonial phraseology ‘picked the eyes out of the country’ in making their selection. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 56 The word eye became the epitome of all that was choice in land. 1975 X. Herbert Poor Fellow my Country 786 The general idea is they'll pick the eyes out of the land, and that you're helpin' 'em. 2005 R. Siemon Eccentric Mr Wienholt iii. 48 This usually brought instant taunts about his being a member of the squattocracy whose family picked the eyes out of the country. < as lemmas |
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