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单词 by a long, damn, etc, sight
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by 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.
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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.
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