Lombard Street to a China orange

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. very long odds (in favour or against an outcome) dated,figuratively,uncountable
    — As Jorrocks expressed it, in the event of such a catastrophe happening, “It was all Lombard Street to a China orange we’d lose the number of our mess and sarve as food for fishes!”

词源

* Lombard Street as a metonym for all the money in British banks. A China orange as something of trifling value.
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