paint

like watching paint dry (of an activity or experience) extremely boring.

not as black as you are painted: seeblack.

paint the Forth Bridge used to indicate that a task can never be completed.

☞ The steel structure of the Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland has required continuous repainting: it is so long that once the painters reach one end, they have to begin again at the other.

paint the town red go out and enjoy yourself flamboyantly. informal

paint yourself into a corner leave yourself no means of escape or room to manoeuvre.

词组	paint
释义	paint like watching paint dry (of an activity or experience) extremely boring. not as black as you are painted: seeblack. paint the Forth Bridge used to indicate that a task can never be completed. ☞ The steel structure of the Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland has required continuous repainting: it is so long that once the painters reach one end, they have to begin again at the other. paint the town red go out and enjoy yourself flamboyantly. informal paint yourself into a corner leave yourself no means of escape or room to manoeuvre.
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