not to be the rose but to be near it and variants: to approximate closely, or be closely associated with, an admired person, ideal, etc.
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释义 | the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [phrase] (4) not to be the rose but to be near it1818 not to be the rose but to be near it and variants: to approximate closely, or be closely associated with, an admired person, ideal, etc. a whale of1913 Allusive, proverbial, transferred, and figurative uses of sense 1. figurative phrase a whale on…, having a great capacity or appetite for…, very good… a snip of a1932 A piece of good fortune. In a snip of a (thing) to designate something simpler, more excellent, or more pleasing than one could have expected, a… the best (or greatest, etc.) thing since sliced bread1958 Of food: sold already cut into slices, esp. sliced bread. Also in colloquial phrase the best (or greatest,etc.) thing since sliced bread: an… |
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