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单词 you could cut it with a knife
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you could cut it with a knife


Alluding to something very thick, such as muggy air or a heavy accent; also, a very tense atmosphere. For example, The smoke was so thick you could cut it with a knife, or When I walked in they all stopped talking and you could cut the air with a knife. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

Words nearby you could cut it with a knife

You can't take it with you, You can't teach an old dog new tricks, You can't unscramble an egg, you can't win, you can't win 'em all, you could cut it with a knife, you'd, you'd better believe it, you don't say, you get what you pay for, Youghiogheny
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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