tight as a tick

形容词 adj.
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英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Drunk, inebriated. not-comparable,slang
    — For there ain't no kick Getting tight as a tick When you know that you're not breaking the law
  2. Fully inflated; swollen near to bursting. not-comparable
    — I blow it up until it's tight as a tick. Just below the skirt through which the lanyard passes, a tiny mouth whistles a single-note tune until the balloon's lungs are emptied.
  3. Unwilling to spend money. not-comparable,slang
    — "Son, excuse me, but the woman was as tight as a tick, as my grannie used to say. The reason I didn't work on that car of hers is because the one time I did, I charged her a hundred forty-four dollars for a battery, which as you know is the cost to me. She said I was gouging her."

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近义词
full as a goog full as a tick inebriated intoxicated thrifty
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