once-over-lightly
一遍又一遍地,一遍又一遍的轻轻地,一遍又一遍的轻轻的,一遍又一遍的轻轻
Definitions
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Informal.
- : a hasty or superficial treatment, look, examination, etc.; once-over: The maid gave the room the once-over-lightly.
Examples
Once discovered, this maneuver did not endear the councilors to their constituents.
They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.
And now, similarly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "Bend over and take it like a prisoner!"
Perhaps on his own nowadays, Epstein is trying his best to webmaster over a dozen URLs.
But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.
It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.
After we had passed over this desert, we found several garisons to defend the caravans from the violence of the Tartars.
After relievedly giving the pistol to the nearest soldier, he stumbled quickly over to Brion and took his hand.
He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.