单词 | that's about the size of it. |
释义 | that's about the size of it.That sums up the situation; that's how things are. For example, So he's going to resign next month?—Yes, that's about the size of it, or Mary's applying to all those colleges?—That's about the size of it. A mid-19th century British expression that soon crossed the Atlantic, it appeared in Mark Twain's Tramp Abroad (1880): “‘Bloodshed!’ ‘That's about the size of it,’ I said.” Words nearby that's about the size of it.that'll, that'll be the day, that makes two of us, that's, that's _____ for you, that's about the size of it., that's how the ball bounces, that's one on me, that's right, that's that, that's the beauty of The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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