fit as a butcher's dog

短语

发音

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释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Very fit; in good shape.

    This time not only is Gooch as fit as a butcher's dog but England, through their efforts at Headingley and Lord's, are mentally attuned to the process of both winning and, crucially in the second match, not losing.

词源

Based on the assumption that a butcher's dog is likely to be well fed because of the ready supply of its master's meat.

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