单词 | (as) plain as a pikestaff |
释义 | (as) plain as a pikestaff1Very obvious.But after the battering that it has taken this week, it is as plain as a pikestaff that most observers will be lining up with the Department of Finance on this one....
2Ordinary or unattractive in appearance."Queer child, that Hatty!plain as a pikestaff", and Mr. Lee took up his newspaper, and put his feet on the mantel....
Alteration of as plain as a packstaff, the staff being that of a pedlar, on which he rested his pack of wares See parent entry: pikestaff |
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