What is the meaning of AS RARE-AS-HENS-TEETH. Phrases containing AS RARE-AS-HENS-TEETH
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Phrs. Very uncommon, non-existent.
'I'm as sick as a horse,' exceedingly sick.
You chaps say also when we would say "too" or "as well". For instance if my friend ordered a Miller Lite, I would say "I'll have one as well". I often heard people saying something like "I'll have one also". You'd be more likely to hear someone in England ordering a pint of lager!
Right as rain, sound as a nut, stable.
Just as (shortened from just as I feared) is London Cockney rhyming slang for beard.
very rare
Phrs. Very rare, non existent. From hens not having teeth.
confusing ‘This is as clear as mud to me.’
Self explanatory. e.g. "If old William loses any more weight, he will look as skinny as a rake"
Keen as mustard is British slang for enthusiastic.
Exclam. Used as a denial in phrases such as "did I eck as like!", "will he eck as like!" etc. Actually stands for heck as like.[Midlands/Northern use]
Phrs. Very rare, non existent.
Noun. See 'hard as fuck'.
AS is slang for methaqualone.
Phrs. Very boring, unexciting. Cf. 'dull as dishwater'.
Thick as pigshit is slang for very stupid.
Intensifier. Used as "Mike is hard as nick", or "Don't eat the curry! It's hot as nick". The 'nick' in question is probably a reference to 'Satan' rather than 'prison' or a specific person.
Phrs. An intensifier. E.g."It was rusty as fuck, so wasn't worth repairing."
Clear as mud is British slang for unclear, incomprehensible.
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p. p.
of Hent
adv. & conj.
Than.
v.
Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare.
adv. & conj.
Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden.
n.
A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce.
adv. & conj.
As if; as though.
adv. & conj.
While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke.
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Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
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For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.
n.
An ace.
n.
A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.
superl.
Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event.
superl.
Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations.
superl.
Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.
adv. & conj.
That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such.
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Expressing a wish.
a.
Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.
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In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet.
adv. & conj.
Because; since; it being the case that.
n.
The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.
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