(as) plain as a pikestaff
- (as) plain as a pikestaff
(или as day, as daylight, as the nose on your face)
paзг.
coвepшeннo oчeвиднo, бeccпopнo; яcнo кaк дeнь, яcнee яcнoгo, дeлo яcнoe, яcнo кaк двaжды двa - чeтыpe [выpaжeниe (as) plain as the nose on your face yпomp. кoгдa oднoму coбeceднику чтo-л. coвepшeннo яcнo, a дpугoму - нeт; pikestaff пepвoнaч. пoдпopкa кopoбa кopoбeйникa]
Walpole. ...She's been describing his symptoms to me; and the case is as plain as a pikestaff: bad blood poisoning (G. B. Shaw). Ramsden. Violet is certainly very obstinate. She won't leave London. I don't understand her. Miss Ramsden. I do. It's as plain as the nose on your face, Roebuck, that she won't go because she doesn't want to be separated from this man (G. B. Shaw). Old Cassidy worked the whole thing with the prime minister. I can see that now as plain as daylight (H. G. Wells)
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Смотреть что такое "(as) plain as a pikestaff" в других словарях:
plain as a pikestaff — see under ↑pike2 • • • Main Entry: ↑plain * * * (as) plain as a pikestaff very obvious ■ ordinary or unattractive in appearance Origin: alteration of as plain as a packstaff, the staff being that of a peddler, on which he rested his pack of wares … Useful english dictionary
plain as a pikestaff — (UK) If something is as plain as a pikestaff, it is very clear … The small dictionary of idiomes
plain as a pikestaff — ► (as) plain as a pikestaff very obvious. [ORIGIN: the phrase is an altered version of as plain as a packstaff, the staff being that of a pedlar, on which he rested his pack of wares.] Main Entry: ↑pikestaff … English terms dictionary
plain as a pikestaff — (UK) If something is as plain as a pikestaff, it is very clear. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Plain as a pikestaff — (UK) If something is as plain as a pikestaff, it is very clear … Dictionary of English idioms
(as) plain as a pikestaff — 1》 very obvious. 2》 ordinary or unattractive in appearance. [alt. of as plain as a packstaff, the staff being that of a pedlar, on which he rested his pack of wares.] → pikestaff … English new terms dictionary
as plain as a pikestaff — ► (as) plain as a pikestaff very obvious. [ORIGIN: the phrase is an altered version of as plain as a packstaff, the staff being that of a pedlar, on which he rested his pack of wares.] Main Entry: ↑pikestaff … English terms dictionary
as plain as a pikestaff — british old fashioned phrase very obvious Thesaurus: obvioussynonym Main entry: pikestaff … Useful english dictionary
(as) plain as a pikestaff — (as) plain as a ˈpikestaff | (as) plain as ˈday | (as) plain as the nose on your ˈface idiom very obvious Main entry: ↑plainidiom … Useful english dictionary
plain as a pikestaff — adjective Extremely clear and plain to see. Dont you know hes dead? says Joe … Wiktionary
plain as a pikestaff — clear, evident, obvious … English contemporary dictionary
