| 单词 | by a long, damn, etc, sight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby a long, damn, etc., sight c. by a long, damn, etc., sight, by a long way, by a good deal (usually in negative contexts). U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a great extent or by far great quantityc1330 far forthly1362 by farc1380 well awayc1390 by half?a1400 by mucha1450 far (and) away1546 by a great sort1579 to stand head and shoulders abovea1683 (by) a long way1741 by a jugful1831 by all odds1832 by a long, damn, etc., sight1834 out and away1834 (by) a long chalk1835 by chalks1835 by long chalks1835 by a street1886 a whole lot1886 1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major iv. 41 ‘Gineral, do you want another report?’ ‘Not by a darn'd sight.’ 1840 Niles' Reg. 9 May 149/2 He asked him if he was not going for Harrison and the whigs. ‘No,’ said he, ‘not by a d——d sight.’ 1844 Republican Sentinel (Richmond, Va.) 22 June 1/2 These animals begin to venture out a little of nights, since the Baltimore Convention, but are slyer by a long sight than foxes. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn i. 20 I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and, she said, not by a considerable sight. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ in Cent. Mag. Mar. 779/2 It ain't on'y jist Essex blood dat's in you, not by a long sight. 1896 J. C. Harris Sister Jane 63 If you'll believe me, that ain't all by a long sight. 1931 E. O'Neill Mourning becomes Electra (1932) 248 But I don't wish to convey that he approves of all I've set down—not by a damned sight! 1959 E. Pound Thrones ciii. 88 But not his fault by a damn sight. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xxii. 272 The excitement ain't through here by a damn sight. < as lemmas |
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