10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «COME OFF IT!»
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The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
3. come off p.v. When you say "Come off it" to people, you are saying that you
think something they have said is untrue or foolish. It's 2:00 a.m., you come home
smelling like beer, and you say you were working late at the office? Oh, come off
it!
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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
1917,in S.R.Strait's 'Straight Talk' in the Boston Globe. come off it! See: come
offthe grass!Orig. US, itwas, c.1890,adopted inUK where, since c. 1910, it has
predominated in its shortened form, come off it which, sincec. 1918, isalso US (W
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With ...
... and still less Mr. Capell, who gives us, •* They must not come off." It is strange
that any one, conversant in old language, should hesitate at this phrase. Take
another quotation or two, that the difficulty may be effectually removed for the
future.
William Shakespeare, 1793
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ...
The quotation, however, from Massin- gx:r, which is referred to likewise by Mr.
Edwards in his Canons of Criticism, scarcely satisfied Mr. Heath, and still less Mr.
Capell, who gives us, " They must not come off." It is strange that any one, ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, 1805
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and ...
The quotation, however, from Massinger, which is referred to likewise by Mr.
Edwards in his Canons of Criticism, scarcely satisfied Mr. Heath, and still less Mr.
Capell, w ho gives us, " They must not come off." It is strange that any one, ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, 1805
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Garner's Modern American Usage
See comedian. come off it. This colloquial idiom is as old as Chaucer. For some
reason, a few writers who use it feel inclined to make it ✳come off of it, which is
unidiomatic—e.g.: • “There are some presenters who, without ever knowing it, ...
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An English and Danish Dictionary ...
I Wnat will come off it, Ixvad vil komme deraf. o-uer Cameter. COMING, Sub. lame
; andkamst. COMFl l S, Sub. Conftct. I Since his coming, sden band COMFORT,
Sub. trix/r', hymn/else, him. I To come by, at gaaefarbi. I How did you come by it, ...
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The Learner's Dictionary of Today's Indonesian
come off it comment baju renang. ^ enter, go in come off it IDIOM "Come off it"
expresses incredulity or scepticism. Here are the main Indonesian counterparts
of this expression. mana mungkin /MA.na.MOONG.keen/ come off it... that's just
not ...
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The Royal Dictionary Abridged ...: French and English. ...
... f fô* This will make your Skin come o/ft', Ceci vous enlèvera la реви, 8^7* You
will come off] a Lofer, t^ous n'y trouvete%pat vôtre compte. To come off iîonqueror
.» Remporter la victoire. What will come off it ? A quoi fo terminera cette affaire?
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions
Come off it An expression of doubt about what has just been said (e.g. 'come off it
- that can't be true!').** Come on (1) An expression meaning hurry up' (e.g. 'come
on, we've got to leave soon or we'll be late'). (2) An expression indicating ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2004
