| 单词 | jack-in-the-box |
| 例句 | I popped up like a jack-in-the-box and jogged over. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z A blow to my head as I danced about sent my right eye popping like a jack-in-the-box and settled my dilemma. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The knowledge buzzed through my days and made me jump unexpectedly like a jack-in-the-box. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Detached herself from this city where every street corner was a trap, where every alley hid a ghost that sprang at her like a jack-in-the-box. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z ‘Lie down, Ellis,’ the doctor said, and even as he spoke, he bounced up from the end of the bed like a jack-in-the-box and flung the outspread towel straight into Ellis’s face. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I step off the bus on Monday, and Garrett pops out of the stairwell like a jack-in-the-box. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z "Jib" was short for "jack-in-the-box," the name given to pop-up dummies developed by the CIA to make it seem as if a passenger were riding in a car. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Richard Parker could shred it with his claws with a little time and effort, but he couldn’t pop through it like a jack-in-the-box. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z On a reality show, if you’ve got skeletons in your closet, they will come jumping out of that closet like a jack-in-the-box. Lisa Vanderpump on What Makes a Great Reality TV Star 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z While not wildly original, his jack-in-the-box surprises are skillfully, tautly executed. ‘V/H/S/99’ Review: Death on the Way to DVD 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Anthony’s anguished father urges his son to do with the jack-in-the-box what he does with many of his creations — think it away to the cornfield outside. Don Keefer, Actor Who Had Bad Thoughts on ‘Twilight Zone,’ Dies at 98 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z She transformed a set of headphones into a jack-in-the-box figure wearing headphones while playing a guitar. Willie Cole’s Ecological Interventions Turn Trash Into Art 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z In the course of a brilliantly managed scene, King soothes us, lulls us, settles us into the armchair and then – when we least expect it – throws the catch on the jack-in-the-box. Summer readings: It by Stephen King 2011-08-04T09:05:35Z The band is conjured in several colorful, vaguely Neo-Expressionist paintings that resemble concert posters; one features a figure with two faces and a split skull from which his brain is emerging like a jack-in-the-box. Art Review: At Hauser & Worth, Ziolkowski?s U.S. Solo Debut 2010-07-05T21:52:00Z He called to mind a jack-in-the-box or some other spring-loaded toy, blithely singular in purpose. Music Review: Coldplay at the Barclays Center on Sunday 2012-12-31T21:44:58Z Fearlessness was measured by observing reactions to various fright-inducing situations: separation from parents, the roar of a vacuum cleaner, a jack-in-the-box and the like. Studied: Fearless Preschoolers Lack Empathy? 2010-11-19T23:35:00Z Photograph: Simon Kane A gaunt and arthritic king totters on stage, his head a thatch of matted white hair – then, grinning, he springs up like a jack-in-the-box and whisks off the wig. King Lear – review 2012-05-23T16:13:48Z “I tell my friends, ‘I’m like a jack-in-the-box. Good news: The weddings are back on! Bad news: You have to go to all of them. 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Many WBA videos feature cars getting their undersides scored by a jack-in-the-box bollard. Perspective | What a load of bollards: This Twitter account celebrates the barriers 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z “Iran’s nuclear program will leap forward like a jack-in-the-box,” he said. After months of optimism, prospects for Iran nuclear deal 'tenuous' at best, U.S. says 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The sight of Russian tank turrets, blown off and lying in ruin along Ukrainian roads, points to a tank design issue known as the “jack-in-the-box” flaw. How the ‘jack-in-the-box’ flaw dooms some Russian tanks 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z The primary colors of the 1980s jack-in-the-box “got our juices flowing on the color palette for the nursery,” Casi says. Design inspiration can come from anywhere. Including your cat. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z It has a viewfinder that pops up like a jack-in-the-box. Perspective | Times are tough for lovers of vintage cameras. One was just pulled from a plane. 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Her mother is a "rag doll of a woman" and her dad a "jack-in-the-box," while a refrigerator is a "giant potato." Lifting the curtain on a long-neglected disease 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Jump scares galore ensue, blowing your eardrums and filling the screen with jack-in-the-box apparitions and hallucinatory washes of red. Review: The devil can't make you watch this so-so 'Conjuring' sequel 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z And here’s a little bullet point that just came to me as I was driving over: This isn’t a jukebox musical, this is a jack-in-the-box musical, and I’m the court jester that pops out. For 'Love Actually Live' star Rex Smith, Billy Mack is Iggy Pop meets Jayne Mansfield 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z When the St. Julian family moved from New Orleans to Texas last year, son Oliver’s room was carefully re-created, with the jack-in-the-box sitting on top of a white armoire. Design inspiration can come from anywhere. Including your cat. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine described him as being "like a jack-in-the-box". 'Legendary' political reporter dies, aged 88 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z One such cartoon, from 1991, showed a couple standing in the moonlight on a remote jungle hilltop, watching as a volcano erupted like a jack-in-the-box, spouting a spring-loaded toy head instead of molten lava. Dana Fradon, prolific New Yorker cartoonist with a satirical edge, dies at 97 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z It was the cue for the models to dance to funky music as the material in their gowns bounced like an accordion or a jack-in-the-box. Balmain channels 90s, Miyake debuts new designer in Paris 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Okay, let’s take an unconventional, unvarnished look at this Dan Le Batard-ESPN diplomatic divide that popped out of the Bristol jack-in-the-box bin when I was on vacation.* Perspective | I’m on ESPN. Nobody expects politics on the Disney Channel, so why from Dan Le Batard? 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z The playlet is like a jack-in-the-box, startling you with the energy that pops from its short script. Lucas Hnath Lets Actors Fight It Out Onstage 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z For nearly six decades, Americans have been subjected to endless platitudes, jack-in-the-box standing ovations, groaningly predictable discussions and about 30 minutes of watching people shake hands with each other. Welcome to Bosch’s infernal barbeque 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z On another occasion, he devised an oversize “jack-in-the-box” — a spring-loaded mannequin — that enabled a CIA source to sneak out of his car while a dummy popped up in his place. Tony Mendez, ‘Argo’ spy who smuggled U.S. hostages out of Iran during crisis, dies at 78 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z The fashion landscape today is littered with quickie collaborations, dead-of-night “drops” and jack-in-the-box pop-up stores. How CEO Remo Ruffini Is Reinventing Moncler for a Faster Fashion World 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z One exception to this rule is the way David, after getting expelled from the group, keeps springing up at concerts, a mad jack-in-the-box determined to get back in the act. Review: 'Ain't Too Proud,' the Broadway-bound musical about the Temptations: Sensational music, scattershot storytelling 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z But take a moment to picture a kid with a jack-in-the-box, giant pool noodle, or bubble wrap. The Gleeful Abandon of Youthful Curiosity 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Every day is a jack-in-the-box — or a dozen — a fresh page from Hieronymus Bosch’s sketchpad. Opinion | Steve Bannon is Trump’s conscience. Yikes. 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Taylor crouched as he stalked, making his 5-foot frame even smaller before springing like a jack-in-the-box. Fight 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z But if comedy is all about timing, then Wilder was the master of knowing precisely how long to let a loaded moment sit, uncommented on, like a jack-in-the-box you know is going to pop. From 'Willy Wonka' to 'Stir Crazy': Remembering Gene Wilder through his five greatest performances 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The arrival of the decision like a jack-in-the-box was vintage Putin. Putin’s Syria Withdrawal Keeps Him at the Fore and Everyone Else Guessing 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z He’s like a jack-in-the-box — he either pops up when you least expect him, or the churn of the news cycle forces him to pop up. DEBORAH SIMMONS: Donald Trump isn’t coming to Washington 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z “It is our hope on this side of the aisle and the Democratic side of the aisle that we can avoid the dueling ovations, the jack-in-the-box standing for this and for that.” Today in Politics: A First-Time Visitor to Washington Plans to Hit All the Sights 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z "I'm very serious about my work," Hall said in his kitchen, the jack-in-the-box peering over his shoulder. YouTube star Todrick Hall hopes his MTV show 'lights a fire' 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z The birthday cake was fake, with a top that looked like a cake but concealed a device underneath, created by the CIA’s technical operations wizards, called the jack-in-the-box. How the CIA ran a ‘billion dollar spy’ in Moscow 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The movie's first trailer showed us a nice suburban town and a happy family besieged by a deranged jack-in-the-box. The new Poltergeist trailer is basically just a collage of horrifying images 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z A jack-in-the-box concept was scrapped because space in the box was too cramped and hot. At Arizona State, Miley Cyrus impersonators, clowns and missed free throws 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z There’s sex, violence, jack-in-the-box moments, and gushing internal organs, which all act as a nice counter to the talkier parts. 'Deeper Than Swords': 10 Reasons We're So Addicted To Game Of Thrones 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z In that atmosphere, he added, Mr. Yarosh has a distinct advantage: “He popped out of the square like a jack-in-the-box.” Front and Center in Ukraine Race, a Leader of the Far Right 2014-03-11T18:45:33Z Now, with Gloucester trying to steady a late-season wobble, is the perfect moment to prove he is more than a leggy jack-in-the-box. England beckons for Jonny May, the daring wing who is a bit different 2013-04-19T14:00:06Z These late United comebacks may be nothing new but they still have something of a jack-in-the-box quality. Aston Villa 2-3 Man Utd 2012-11-10T19:55:22Z They were also videotaped responding to a loud buzzer and to a jack-in-the-box. The WEIRD Psychology of Elephants 2012-09-28T17:15:17.447Z She might as well fall in love with a jack-in-the-box. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z But the youthful jack-in-the-box lost no time in dispelling all rising suspicions by quickly introducing himself. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z The tree stood near one of the walks, and on any one passing the sitting bird immediately showed its head at the aperture, like a jack-in-the-box, and then flew away. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z One by one the silken lids popped up, and out flew the mischievous jack-in-the-box until within the space of a few hours every cocoon was empty. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Participants described David’s response to the jack-in-the-box, for example, as “anger,” while they described Dana’s response to the same toy as “fear.” The WEIRD Psychology of Elephants 2012-09-28T17:15:17.447Z Then this jack-in-the-box of fortune slunk out of her sight. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Probably the summons was expected; for the gardener appeared from behind the bungalow with the abruptness of a jack-in-the-box. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Once he put on a puppet show with a jack-in-the-box and a crocodile. City Room: A Dear Cousin Recalls His Childhood Playmate, Anne Frank 2011-11-03T18:28:20Z “He climbed the same old tree, and popped into that hole like a jack-in-the-box,” declared the one addressed, quickly. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z Next minute the staple flew, the door slammed back, and Aunt Lucindy popped out like a jack-in-the-box. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z "Colonel," she cried, rising in her cart like a jack-in-the-box, "you will please place more distance between me and that blasphemous person yonder." Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z I was in and out like a jack-in-the-box all night. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z This was all done with the crack and the rapidity of a jack-in-the-box. The Mysterious Sketch 2011-05-03T02:00:14.907Z A jack-in-the-box when the spring is touched shoots up not more suddenly than Dempster did. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z There is also the possibility of a jack-in-the-box surprise if he grants the recent passport request of his mentor, the deposed president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Just Two Candidates, but Myriad Worries for Haiti?s Runoff 2011-02-07T02:00:56Z "Oh, I thought maybe it was a jack-in-the-box," said Tubby, with a cheerful grin, which froze on his face, however, as suddenly as it had come. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z When the men had gone I undid the sack, and to my horror out pops the cook's ugly head, staring at me with her jutting goggle-eyes and her gaping mouth, looking like a horrid jack-in-the-box. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Bobbing up from his seat like a jack-in-the-box, the foreman wagged a minatory finger at Reggie Beauchamp, whom he had singled out among the audience. A Traitor's Wooing You see it was not a real snuffbox, but a jack-in-the-box. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series She was irreverently hooted, but imperturbably rose and fell like a jack-in-the-box. Ancestors A Novel For the Baron's gait was somewhat tottery and uncertain, and he even toppled over altogether pretty frequently, but got up upon his feet immediately, after the manner of a jack-in-the-box. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II He turned to the automobile, and like a jack-in-the-box a little lean man popped out. Wunpost Captain ——'s head went down like a jack-in-the-box. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. Before Gladwin could jump to his feet the lid was thrown back and there sat the subject of his soliloquy in his shirt sleeves, jerking his head about like a jack-in-the-box. Officer 666 His head disappeared as if it were a jack-in-the-box, shut down; and the partners paused with anxious eyes and waited for him to reappear. The Plunderer The man obeyed, with the suddenness of a jack-in-the-box, and stood as if petrified. The Heart of Thunder Mountain “How do you mean?” queried Campbell, still reaching for the contract; and the jack-in-the-box thrust it into his hands. Wunpost To put 'Liza Cotton into a rage, while Sim Basketful, in a similar condition, was popping in and out of his store door like a jack-in-the-box, was worth the whole day's drive. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro Wherever he goes down town, she pops up like a jack-in-the-box and tries to pin him. The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air There stood the old guardsman, like a jack-in-the-box in the centre of a hollow funnel-shaped cylinder which he had made in the snow. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt A child in rags, exhibiting a jack-in-the-box, asked him, with a smile, for alms. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man My man on the bed popped with the agility of a jack-in-the-box for the window. Desert Dust A rattling buckboard popped into view like the presiding genius of a jack-in-the-box. The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers Certain crude and obvious cases of the comic seem to consist of little more than a shock of surprise: a pun is a sort of jack-in-the-box, popping from nowhere into our plodding thoughts. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory It did not appear so easy to extricate him from his unpleasant predicament; for the resemblance between his situation, and that of jack-in-the-box, went no further. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Then, like some weird jack-in-the-box, there popped out from the mound a straight, long-waisted body in black waving its arms. A Village of Vagabonds But he woke with a funny jerk, like my jack-in-the-box, just in time to catch it, and began listening intently to the sermon as if he had been awake all the while. Penguin Persons & Peppermints So it would have been, if they'd found me at Rome, and I'd popped up like what I meant to—like a jack-in-the-box—and said, 'Here we are again!' in my clown's clothes, at them. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune Like a jack-in-the-box, Father came up out of the hay to greet her. The Innocents A Story for Lovers The little problem suddenly presenting itself to the child, almost like the unexpected object of a jack-in-the-box, has "interested" him. Spontaneous Activity in Education Like a jack-in-the-box, two small white plastic spheres popped out and began chasing each other about in the air six inches above the box. PRoblem We were grumbling at the absence of poor Ropes, when there was a discreet knock at the door, and Ropes himself appeared as we opened it, like a jack-in-the-box. The Car of Destiny The ghost of a jack-in-the-box which he had once dragged away from a playground and murdered with a stick in his den appears by night in the terminal building. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Mine make black fellow frightenum,” said the jack-in-the-box, leaping lightly out, and then rolling the empty cask aside, he replaced it by the flour-tub. The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range Hasn't he brought you a pincushion or a jack-in-the-box, Lady Raikes? and has he begun to neglect you so soon? The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Once more, like a jack-in-the-box, the little wizened old man appeared in front of the Knight. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme My rival, closing his window, had disappeared like a jack-in-the-box. French and Oriental Love in a Harem All of a sudden, pop! right out of the solid earth among the daisies and buttercups, just like a jack-in-the-box, came Johnny Chuck! Mother West Wind's Children Then, as if strung up, ready to meet anything, they bounded into the place, when, as if worked by a spring, the horrible figure in the tub started upright like a monstrous jack-in-the-box. The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range When I stood up in it I felt like a jack-in-the-box. The Great War As I Saw It The lawyer and money shark jumped up from his chair as though he had been fixed upon a spring like a jack-in-the-box. Dick the Bank Boy Or, A Missing Fortune Without moving his feet, he dropped to a sitting posture, instantly popping up again like a jack-in-the-box. The Land of Mystery And when Murray released his clutch on the hatch it snapped back, and out over the closed doors of the companionway shot the Cap'n, a whiskered jack-in-the-box, gifted with vociferous speech. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Even the little bewhiskered head-waiter, who resembled a jack-in-the-box more than he did a man, strove to celebrate the occasion by putting every good thing the house afforded before the returned guests. Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad Darting to the side of the stump opposite to that of the bear, Herbert would drop his head, and then instantly pop up again, like a jack-in-the-box, to see what the brute was doing. Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1 He is a jack-in-the-box the way he pops into the chair. The Turtles of Tasman The door was thrown wide and—with the instantaneous effect of a jack-in-the-box—Pete showed a dirty-grey face of fright on the threshold. The Day of Days An Extravaganza She had come up behind him, and he leaped out of his chair with a snap like a jack-in-the-box. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul The idea of a girl of mine being carried away by a condescending, conceited jack-in-the-box—" "He isn't! The Honorable Percival Tom came up, rifle in hand, like a jack-in-the-box, and bent on bloodshed. Heart's Desire A black woman who flung open the door was startling as a jack-in-the-box for the English girl. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl He tugged on one boot, reached for the other—and then leaped to his feet like a jack-in-the-box. Copper Streak Trail The hat rose like a jack-in-the-box with the cover released. The Last Shot This flower is much like a child's jack-in-the-box. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Always reminds one of a jack-in-the-box—that fellow. The Way of an Eagle I want to help you all I can, but your actions savour too much of a peremptory jack-in-the-box, even in these bureaucratic days. The Moon Rock Inside I compressed one of those jack-in-the-box snakes that spring out when free to do so. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 And up went Migwan's spirits again, like a jack-in-the-box, and went soaring among the clouds like the swallows. The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers With different degrees of success he had succeeded in providing every one of his theses with something in the nature of a jack-in-the-box plot which the public loved and he despised. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories And Kinko has jumped out like a jack-in-the-box—but alive, very much alive! The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Scotland Yard men in and out of the house like a jack-in-the-box! The Mysterious Affair at Styles They all began to laugh when they saw my jack-in-the-box, and they threw a jar of cold water on it. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself At that moment Schabelitz, glancing up, saw her, and came forward, smiling, the jack-in-the-box still in his hand. Fanny Herself Am I a comedian, a clown, a jack-in-the-box? The Awakening and Selected Short Stories When the child cries for the moon, you try to get him interested in a jack-in-the-box; and when he wants a fragile piece of bric-a-brac— you try to substitute for it a tin whistle. Your Child: Today and Tomorrow Yes, it was true, the necklace was wanting; but of course— Really, Jessop was behaving like a jack-in-the-box! The Green Satin Gown I gazed somewhat critically at B. There was nothing particularly insane about him, unless it was his enthusiastic excitement, which might almost be attributed to my jack-in-the-box manner of arriving. The Enormous Room His message for you was this: `Tell her I still have the picture that she made of me, with the jack-in-the-box in my hand, and that look on my face. Fanny Herself A pug jumped out like a jack-in-the-box, and rushed to the water. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories The old brown hand suddenly stopped clenching and unclenching, and out from the cushions the old brown head with its few hairs and its parchment face poked like a withered jack-in-the-box. Fortitude Seeing nothing alarming, it emerges with the alertness of a jack-in-the-box, races several inches, and scatters the load broadcast as the sower of seed who went forth to sow. My Tropic Isle And the next time you come back to her after a year's absence, don't frighten her heart into her mouth by springing out on her like a jack-in-the-box. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales Schabelitz had got hold of a jack-in-the-box, and each time the absurd head popped out, with its grin and its squawk, he laughed like a boy. Fanny Herself He was like one of these bloomin', tricky, jack-in-the-box featherweights, instead of a steady lumbering "heavy". Snake and Sword A Novel His eyes stared wide as Andy suddenly appeared like a jack-in-the-box. Andy the Acrobat And then, like a jack-in-the-box, there popped through the trap a head and shoulders. The Prince and Betty But when the cover was tilted back we fell over in as much surprise as if a jack-in-the-box had sprung out at us. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way Would you believe it, this jack-in-the-box looks exactly—but exactly—like my manager, Weber, when the box-office receipts are good. Fanny Herself The Sergeant shot to an upright position like a jack-in-the-box. My Lady of the North But no jack-in-the-box could have looked so flurriedly distracted, or have muttered to itself such queer execrations as he did, hobbling along. Stories by English Authors: Ireland Suddenly he sat up with the suddenness of a jack-in-the-box and stepped to the door leading to Mr. Skinner's office. Cappy Ricks Retires "Ahoy, bargee!" he shouted, popping up like a jack-in-the-box, after a brief cessation of hostilities. Many Cargoes She caught and transmitted to paper, in some uncanny way, the simplicity of the man who was grinning at the jack-in-the-box that smirked back at him. Fanny Herself For fully ten minutes he sat absolutely motionless, then suddenly he straightened up like a jack-in-the-box and summoned Mr. Skinner. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley He could never keep any part of him still, the little jack-in-the-box. Jimmie Higgins My friend wouldn't ha' given a second thought to it if the gentleman hadn't vanished like a jack-in-the-box. Number Seventeen "Johnny!" he shouted, and his companion popped up through the hatch like a jack-in-the-box. Bar-20 Days And then, like a jack-in-the-box, there popped through the opening a head and shoulders. Psmith, Journalist Miss Thankful blushed slightly, but answered with savage celerity, "And since when is it necessary that I should dance attendance upon every foreign jack-in-the-box that may lie at the house?" Thankful Blossom He had contrived to create about himself such a defensive atmosphere of non-existence that now that he re-entered the conversation it was as if a corpse had popped out of its tomb like a jack-in-the-box. Piccadilly Jim Gould jumped up with a jerk like a jack-in-the-box, an academic-looking paper in his hand and a fever of importance on his face. Manalive I had, as I dropped into the nearest boat, a brisk sight of the sailing-master, springing like a jack-in-the-box on the deserted deck, with a roar of "Where's that haymaker?" Lady Baltimore The baroness took advantage of her husband's absence to push open the door of her daughter's study, and M. Andrea, who was sitting before the piano with Mademoiselle Eugenie, started up like a jack-in-the-box. The Count of Monte Cristo The man had come upon him like the eruption of a jack-in-the-box. The Night-Born |
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