释义 |
oldie but goodie n. something (or even someone) that is old but still likeable.I love that piece of music. It's an oldie but goodie.Mary is an oldie but goodie. I'm glad she's still around.
old Ⅰ noun a dark lager-style beer brewed by the top-fermentation method. As opposed to NEW AUSTRALIA, 1935 Ⅱ ⇨ old; ol'; ole adjective 1 used to intensify some intensifiers. A slight narrowing of use since first recorded in the 1440s as 'grand, great, plentiful' now mainly seen in such constructions as: 'high old time' (1858) and 'gay old boys' (1887) UK, 1844. 2 old. The first headword is, of course, standard English; the second and third variants are variously colloquial, informal and slang as circumstances dictate UK, 1844. 3 used as a signal of familiarity with the person so described. As spoken in the southern US, not necessarily indicative of affection, cordiality, or good humour US, 1984. 4 tiresome US, 1864
See:- (as) comfortable as an old shoe
- (as) common as an old shoe
- (as) old as Adam
- (as) old as Methuselah
- (as) old as the hills
- (as) tough as old boots
- (old) stamping ground
- (old) stomping ground
- (one's) old lady
- (one's) old man
- (one's) old stamping ground
- (one's) old stomping ground
- (there's) no fool like an old fool
- a chip off the old block
- a dirty old man
- a grand old age
- a grand old man of
- a piece of old tackie
- a shadow of (one's) old self
- a/the grand old age
- a/the grand old man
- an old bag
- an old bat
- an old chestnut
- an old dear
- an old flame
- an old fogey/fogy
- an old hand
- an old head on young shoulders
- an old maid
- an old one
- an old poacher makes the best gamekeeper
- an old shoe
- an old wives' tale
- an/(one's) old flame
- an/that old chestnut
- any (old) nook or cranny
- any old
- any old how
- any old place
- any old thing
- any old thing, time, place, etc.
- any old time
- as old as Adam
- as old as my eyes and a little (bit) older than my teeth
- at a/the ripe old age
- at/to a ripe old age
- be (as) old as the hills
- be (as) tough as old boots
- be a chip off the old block
- be as old as Methuselah
- be money for old rope
- be up to (one's) (old) tricks
- be up to (one's) old tricks
- Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave
- big old
- chip off the old block
- chip off the old block, a
- come the old soldier
- comfortable as an old shoe
- comfortable as an old shoe, as
- common as an old shoe
- dirty joke
- dirty old man
- every (old) nook and cranny
- for auld lang syne/for old times' sake
- for old times' sake
- from the old school
- full of Old Nick
- full of the devil
- give (one) the old heave-ho
- give (something) the (old) college try
- give someone the air
- give something the old college try
- give something/someone the heave-ho
- go into a song and dance
- go into the same old song and dance (about something)
- good old boy
- good old days
- good old days, the
- have a high old time
- have a rare old time
- high old
- high old time
- in and out
- It is never too late to learn
- it's an old story
- it's the old story
- it's the same old rigmarole
- it's the same old story
- little old
- little-old
- live to a ripe old age
- make old bones
- money for old rope
- my old dutch
- new wine in old bottles
- no fool like an old fool
- no fool like an old fool, there's
- of old
- of the old school
- old as Adam
- old as Methuselah
- old as the hills
- old as the hills, (as)
- old bag
- old bat
- old battle-axe
- old boy/girl
- old chestnut
- old codger
- old codger/coot/fogy
- old college try
- old college try, (give it) the
- old college try, the
- old dear
- old enough to be (one's) father
- old enough to be (one's) mother
- old enough to be mother
- old enough to be someone's father
- old enough to know better
- old enough to vote
- old flame
- old fogey
- old girl
- old gray mare
- old guard
- Old habits die hard
- old habits, traditions, etc. die hard
- old hand
- old hand at something
- old hat
- old heave-ho
- Old Hollywood
- old lady
- old maid
- old man
- old money
- Old Nick
- old one-two
- old pals act
- old poacher makes the best gamekeeper
- old rose
- old salt
- old saw
- old school
- old school tie
- old sins cast long shadows
- old sins have long shadows
- old skool
- old soldier
- old Spanish customs
- old stamping ground
- old stick
- old story
- old story, an
- old traditions die hard
- old trout
- old warhorse
- old windbag
- old wives' tale
- old woman
- old-boy network, the
- old-timer
- one's old stamping ground
- open old wounds
- pay off
- play Old Harry with (something)
- poor old
- poor old sb/sth
- put on the (old) feedbag
- put on the (old) nosebag
- put the (old) feedbag on
- rake over old coals
- rare old time
- reopen old wounds
- ring out the old
- ring out the old and ring in the new
- ripe old age
- same old rigmarole, the
- same old same old
- same old story
- same old story, the
- same old thing
- settle a score
- settle an old score (with someone)
- settle old scores (with someone)
- settle old scores, to
- shadow of one's (former/old) self, a
- shadow of one's self
- So’s your old man!
- so's your old lady
- so's your old man
- stamping ground
- stick in the mud, old
- strap on the (old) feedbag
- strap on the (old) nosebag
- strap the (old) feedbag on
- teach an old dog new tricks
- teach an old dog new tricks, one can't/it's hard to
- the (old) college try
- the (old) heave-ho
- the good old days
- the good/bad old days
- the grand old age of
- the grand old man of (something)
- the old Adam
- the old ball and chain
- the Old Bill
- the old boy network
- the old country
- the old days
- the old gray mare
- the old gray mare ain't what she used to be
- the old guard
- the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
- the old man
- the old one-two
- the old one-two (punch)
- the old pals act
- the old school
- the old school tie
- the old switcheroo
- the old-boy network
- the oldest profession
- the oldest trick in the book
- the tune the old cow died of
- there's life in the old dog yet
- there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
- there's no fool like an old fool
- tie on the (old) feedbag
- tie on the (old) nosebag
- tie the (old) feedbag on
- to a/the ripe old age
- tough as an old boot
- tough as old boots
- up to (one's) (old) tricks
- up to one's old tricks
- up to your tricks
- war horse
- warhorse, a (an old)
- you are never too old to learn
- You cannot put new wine in old bottles
- You cannot teach an old dog new tricks
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- Young men may die, but old men must die
- you're only as old as you feel
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