| 单词 | brass monkey |
| 例句 | “I’m going to hit the hay,” and “It’s brass monkeys out there,” and “Let’s rustle up some tucker.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Actually the weather was such that the well-known brass monkey would have been frostbitten in at least one ear. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z "When I got up the second time it was cold enough to freeze the tail off a brass monkey." The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp "Well, well, well, if that wudn't make a brass monkey laugh!" My Lady of the Chimney Corner Did you never hear folk say it was cold enough to freeze the tail off a brass monkey? Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box In his presence they are like brass monkeys, or, more properly, like monkeys filled with monkey desires. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen A brass monkey playing "Nearer, My God, to Thee" on a red banjo.... Erik Dorn Why, it would have frightened a brass monkey, let alone a man. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise To begin with, the captive "had the cheek of a brass monkey," said the sheriff, and swore stoutly that he was a wronged and injured man. A Wounded Name "I dare say, now, that you found more pleasure in that stupid jelly-fish, or that dismal brass monkey, or that crooked man,—and he's a beauty, by the way!" Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box Why, the scoundrel has the cheek of a brass monkey! Frank Merriwell's Chums This night would make a brass monkey sing. The Amateur Army I might name them as could give me a start and a beating when it comes to talking the nose off a brass monkey. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) She married don Clavijo, but the giant Malambru'no, by enchantment, changed the bride into a brass monkey, and her spouse into a crocodile of some unknown metal. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook And with a roaring fire on a night that's hot enough to melt a brass monkey! The Story Girl "He has the gall of a brass monkey." The Ivory Trail "You know well enough, Billy, you haven't got any but that infernal green stuff fit to tan the stomach of a brass monkey." The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail "Well, anyway," said Frank, "I wisht de General would hurry up and come—it's getting cold enough to freeze the tail off a brass monkey." A Parody Outline of History |
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