swear

swear black is white vigorously maintain anything, however unlikely, in order to get what you want.

swear blind affirm something in an emphatic manner. British informal

☞ A North American variant of this expression is swear up and down.

swear like a trooper swear a great deal.

☞ A trooper was originally a private soldier in a cavalry unit. Troopers were proverbial for their coarse behaviour and bad language at least as early as the mid 18th century: in Pamela (1739–40), Samuel Richardson writes 'she curses and storms at me like a Trooper'. Compare with lie like a trooper (atlie).

词组	swear
释义	swear swear black is white vigorously maintain anything, however unlikely, in order to get what you want. swear blind affirm something in an emphatic manner. British informal ☞ A North American variant of this expression is swear up and down. swear like a trooper swear a great deal. ☞ A trooper was originally a private soldier in a cavalry unit. Troopers were proverbial for their coarse behaviour and bad language at least as early as the mid 18th century: in Pamela (1739–40), Samuel Richardson writes 'she curses and storms at me like a Trooper'. Compare with lie like a trooper (atlie).
随便看	a big ask a big cheese a big cheese a big deal a big fish in a little pond a big fish in a small (or little) pond a big fish in a small pond a big gun a big noise a big shot a big wheel a bird in hand a bird in hand a bird in (the) hand a bird in the hand a bird of passage a bird of passage a bird's-eye view a bird's-eye view a bite at the cherry a bite at the cherry a bit much a bit much a bit of all right a bit of all right