| 单词 | shoe string |
| 例句 | One shoe was laced with a much-knotted shoe string, and the other with a bit of dirty twine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I shrugged and stopped the curious baby from sucking on my shoe string. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Three days later, though, the shoe store next door fired back: “Hey Bridge Kaldro! Our shoe strings are stronger than your guitar strings.” How trash talking on a Virginia storefront sign led to a friendly fight across the U.S.-Canada border 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Hopkins is also persnickety about double-checking that every helmet chin strap or shoe string is not worn or frayed. Christmas Music, Twizzlers and Long Walks: The N.F.L.’s Obsession With Superstition 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z And you would think he was just some pensioner on a shoe string budget making end meet. A New Coalition With Merkel? Not So Fast 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z “They fought on a shoe string,” Evans said. WWII vet transmitted news of Japanese surrender 70 years ago 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z And when a film hits, like Gravity or even The Descendants which earned $177 million on a shoe string budget, they hit big. Brad Pitt Keeps Making Good Decision 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z These days Tech City is buzzing and companies are launching on shoe string budgets. A New Spin On Venture Capital With A Focus On The Solo-Founder 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z As a new business, you need to show an enduring and professional image, and you can’t look like you’re operating on a shoe string even when you are. Five Things To Check Before You Start Your Own Business 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Lawyers are increasingly using social media, hosting blogs, speaking on panels and leveraging technology to build a practice on a shoe string and deliver high quality legal services to clients at a reasonable price. How Entrepreneurship Is Reshaping The Legal Industry 2013-07-24T15:46:00Z Thus a district in Mississippi some years ago was dubbed the "shoe string" district from its long irregular shape. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z He could handle the hidden arteries and vessels of the body as confidently and accurately as you or I would tie a shoe string. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z In the meantime, keep a careful eye on what’s between your creamed spinach and shoe string fries the next time you order a steak! Meat Made From Human Feces: Hoax or Japan's Best New Invention? 2011-07-08T12:38:16Z She bent to tie her flapping shoe strings and took her time at the task. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z Buster plopped down on all fours, as if he understood perfectly, and took a bite at my shoe string. The Idyl of Twin Fires Anna tied her shoe strings in hard knots so she could sit up later. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl We were still two runs to the bad after that promising start in the sixth, and Clarke, for the time being, had saved the game by a shoe string. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside The field was overgrown with those pests of the Southern plowman, called locally "devil's shoe strings," which stretch from furrow-ridge to furrow-ridge, and are snares to any careless walker. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro IT always surprises a woman when the son who has been tied to her apron strings suddenly gets tangled up in some chorus girl's shoe strings. Reflections of a Bachelor Girl Wyn got all the shoe strings and tied them together, with a bolt fastened to the lower end for a sinker, and let it down to the ground. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club On releasing his shoe string that night he discovered a serious sprain. Captain Pott's Minister He watched the slender fingers as they plucked feverishly at the shoe strings. Interference and Other Football Stories "Bother that shoe string, anyhow!" panted Bob as they scampered off to the fire. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts No wonder that your race is hated in every clime, for you would rob a saint of his shoe strings!” Adventures and Recollections "You'd rather go down town, and be all the afternoon buying a shoe string, than get a Saratoga trunk full of nuts; but you'll want some of mine this winter." Six Girls A Home Story Produce something that somebody else wants, whether it be a shoe string or a savings bank, and the purchaser or patron will not trouble himself to ask who the seller is. Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization At this the Fool gave a bound, and then began tugging with both hands at his shoe strings. Peter the Priest Then he tied the shoe string by the light of a street lamp, winked at Betty, and the three ran on. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts Oh, bother these burrs!” and Katy stooped down to pick a bunch from her shoe strings and several scattered ones from her white stockings already profusely streaked with green and brown stains. Chicken Little Jane He put this ice arrow in his bow and, pulling back the shoe string, “twang!” he shot the wolf on the nose. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters I would ask nothing more from them than that they should govern their feet, and keep their boot and shoe strings tied. The Home The lame soldier sets up his stand anywhere, and deals principally in shoe strings, neckties, or in books and papers that no one ever reads. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Men at home, old men, made leather shoes and shoe strings and belts and galloses. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 An' he's fit 'em with jest a shoe string o' an army. In the Days of Poor Richard "And put in new shoe strings," he added, with a whimsical smile. His Family One of her shoe strings was untied, and the other one gone. The English Orphans The emperor issued manifestoes of a whimsical character, one of which was directed against round hats, and another against shoe strings. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The Devil's shoe string looks jest like a fern with a lot of roots. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Alfred broke his shoe string then and there. Baby Mine With trembling fingers he untied his shoe strings, and slipped off his shoes, knotting the strings together and slinging the shoes around his neck. The City of Fire "I've had to punch holes in my soles and lace them with shoe strings to the upper leather, or they'd have dropped off long ago." The Battle Ground Bless my shoe strings, Tom, but I'm with you! Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground "Oh, bless my shoe strings, I'm game!" exclaimed the eccentric man. Tom Swift and His Airship Some "worthy party workers" start a manufacturing plant up in Lake County on a shoe string. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' Sharply bidden to get forward with his task, he explained in a feeble voice that he had first to tie a shoe string and stooped to do so, but was not permitted. Ramsey Milholland The "shoe strings" are always coming untied, and the shoes only wear about two ri on soft ground, and less than one on hard. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan |
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