- sound as a pound
- Phrs. Wonderful, excellent, correct. Merseyside/North-west use?
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sound as a pound
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sound as a pound — (UK) if something is as sound as a pound, it is very good or reliable … The small dictionary of idiomes
sound as a pound — (UK) if something is as sound as a pound, it is very good or reliable. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
sound — 1. The primary meanings of the adjective, ‘in good condition’ and ‘competent or reliable’ have become weakened in informal British usage to produce a generalized sense ‘excellent’ or ‘okay’: • ‘Okay’, he said…‘Sound,’ said Jimmy Sr. Roddy Doyle,… … Modern English usage
pound — pound1 [pound] n. pl. pounds; sometimes, after a number, pound [ME < OE pund, akin to Ger pfund: WGmc loanword < L pondo, a pound, orig. abl. of pondus, weight (in libra pondo, a pound in weight), akin to pendere: see PENDANT] 1. a) the… … English World dictionary
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pound — I. /paʊnd / (say pownd) verb (t) 1. to strike repeatedly and with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc. 2. to force (a way) by battering. 3. to crush by beating, as with an instrument; pulverise. –verb (i) 4. to… …
pound — I. noun (plural pounds; also pound) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pund, from Latin pondo pound, from ablative of pondus weight more at pendant Date: before 12th century 1. any of various units of mass and weight; specifically a unit … New Collegiate Dictionary
pound — pound1 pounder, n. /pownd/, v.t. 1. to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc. 2. to produce or effect by striking or thumping, or in a manner resembling this (often fol. by out): to pound out a… … Universalium
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