अंग्रेज़ी किताबें जो «BY A LONG CHALK» से संबंधित हैं
निम्नलिखित ग्रंथसूची चयनों में
by a long chalk का उपयोग पता करें।
by a long chalk aसे संबंधित किताबें और अंग्रेज़ी साहित्य में उसके उपयोग का संदर्भ प्रदान करने वाले उनके संक्षिप्त सार।.
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
1844 "Father was madder nor [sic] me by a long chalk." (p. 211) Haliburton,
Thomas C. Sam Slick, ed. Ray P. Baker. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1923.
1848 T will take more emptins, a long chalk, than this noo party's gut. (p. 131)
Wilbur ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Dictionary of Americanisms:
A Glossary of Words and Phrases ...
Very common. Chained Lightning. Western, for forked lightning. Chalk. A long
chalk vulgarly means a great distance, a good deal. When a person attempts to
effect a particular object, in which he fails, we say, " He can't do it by a long chalk.
John Russell Bartlett, 1860
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Dictionary of Americanisms, 2nd ed. enlarged
When a person attempts to effect a particular object, in which he fails, we say, "
He can't do it by a long chalk." 'Twas about calf-time, and not a hundred year ago,
by a long chalk, that the biggest kind of rendezvous was held to Independence, ...
John Russell Bartlett, 1859
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BARTLETT'S DICTIONARY OF AMERICANISMS
When a person attempts to effect a particular object, in which he fails, we say, "
He can't do it by a long chalk." 'Twas about calf-time, and not a hundred year ago,
by a long chalk, that the biggest kind of rendezvous was held to Independence, ...
JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT, 1859
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A Dictionary of Cliches
... very cheaply. by a long chalk; not by a long chalk . By far ('by a long chalk the
best'); far from it, not at all ('“That'll mean disgrace.”— “Not by a long chalk, you'll
find”'): mid C. 19–20. Chalk is used for scoring points. by all means do! Please do
...
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
When we say by a long chalk, meaning 'to a great degree, by far' (and not by a
long chalk, 'not at all'), the 'long chalk' refers to the length of a line of chalk marks
or tallies drawn on a blackboard. This may originally have been in the context of
a ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
as different or as like as chalk and cheese colloq completely different, by a long
chalk colloq by a considerable amount, not by a long chalk colloq not at all. O
chalk something up to add an item to one's list of successes or experiences,
chalk ...
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
4 a potent homemade 'wine' made from yeast, sugar, water, and rice or fruit US,
2001 . 5 low quality beer US, 1949 . 6 in sports betting, the contestant or team
favoured to win US, 1991 . 7 chocolate syrup US, 1946 . < by a long chalk by
much; ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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Aspects of Modern English Usage: for advanced students
The informal toy a long chalk' is very common too. - He's the brightest pupil in the
class by far. by a long way. by a long chalk. - He works the fastest by far, by a
long way, by a long chalk. 1 This section is based on Swan § 539. 3) 'By a long ...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
April 1946 The language or West Coast culinary workers' • by a long chalk by
much; by a great degree uk, iss9 In the later C20 the predominant usage
becomes 'not by a long chalk' with the meaning as 'grossly inferior'. chalk verb 1
to prepare ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
«BY A LONG CHALK» पद को शामिल करने वाली समाचार सामग्रियां
इसका पता लगाएं कि राष्ट्रीय और अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्रेस ने निम्नलिखित समाचार सामग्रियों के बारे में क्या चर्चा की है और इस संदर्भ में
by a long chalk पद का कैसे उपयोग किया है।
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