straight as a die

短语

发音

AU

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Completely or totally straight.

词源

* Used in the sense of ‘correct,’ attested since April, 1871, originally American English, from the 18th-century expression as true as a die, from the 16th-century expression as smooth as a die, referring to the osseous substance that dice were formerly created with. * Possibly connected with, or confused with, the metal-cutting tool called a die.

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