单词 | no great shakes |
释义 | no great shakesSEE SYNONYMS FOR no great shakes ON THESAURUS.COM Nothing out of the ordinary, mediocre, as in I'm afraid the new pitcher is no great shakes, or What I did with this decorating project was no great shakes. This term possibly alludes to the shaking of dice, which most often yields a mediocre result, but there is no evidence to support this theory. [Early 1800s] Words nearby no great shakesNoginsk, no-go, no-go area, no-good, no-goodnik, no great shakes, no-growth, Noguchi, Noh, no hard feelings, no-hit 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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