| 释义 |
with (brass) knobs onBritish informal 1And something more: it is the rock ‘n’ roll statement with knobs on...- Rifkind said: ‘This confirms our worst fears with knobs on.’
- Romina said: ‘I thought the first time she developed a tumour was hell but when it came back it was hell with knobs on.’
- This is Russian late-Romanticism with knobs on, grandiose choral and orchestral effects with the occasional touch of harmonic spice, that seem to belong more in some Hollywood epic than a concert hall.
1.1Used as a way of returning and intensifying an insult: ‘Lazy tyke!’ ‘Lazy yourself with brass knobs on!’...- When I was a small boy myself, oh, vast numbers of years ago, it was the practice to respond to any bully's insult with a bold yell of ‘Same to you, with knobs on!’
- So Keir, if you're reading - we had a really great night out so, you know, in your face with knobs on.
With allusion to the addition of decorative knobs to an object as an embellishment See parent entry: knob |