| 单词 | with a heart and a half |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith a heart and a half (c) with a heart and a half: with great pleasure, with a will, very willingly. Chiefly Irish English in later use. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > very willingly with (also mid) all one's heartOE with a heart and a half1636 for twopence1934 1636 P. Massinger Great Duke of Florence iv. ii. sig. H3 Such Junkets come not every day. Once more to you, With a heart and a halfe ifaith. 1672 Topsie-turvy, Hey-down-derry 4 Here's to thee Andrew, with a Heart and a half, as they use to say. 1807 R. M. Roche Discarded Son I. iii. 53 ‘Dang it, that I will, with a heart and a half,’ answered honest Stubbs. 1832 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 23 May The honest Protestant parishioners would pay them, you see, ‘with a heart and a half’. 1883 Border Watch (Mt. Gambier, Austral.) 13 Jan. Whatever Miss Montgomerie did she did with a heart and a half—always ready and always cheerful. 1907 J. Barlow Irish Neighbours 31 The task..was one that interested her deeply, and she set about it with a heart and a half, as she would have said herself. 1934 Townsville (Queensland) Daily Bull. 16 Nov. 4/5 He would welcome naturalists in the island, or anyone interested in birds with a heart and a half. 1992 J. B. Keane Bodhrán Makers 270 Since you have asked for my advice..you shall have it with a heart and a half. 2010 Kerryman (Nexis) 15 Dec. All the kids of the area loved to call in to see her as all were welcomed with a heart and a half. < as lemmas |
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