He's a wonderful brother - all wool and a yard wide.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
all wool and a yard wide — {adj. phr.} Of fine character; especially, very generous and kind hearted. * /He s a wonderful brother all wool and a yard wide./ … Dictionary of American idioms
all wool and a yard wide — {adj. phr.} Of fine character; especially, very generous and kind hearted. * /He s a wonderful brother all wool and a yard wide./ … Dictionary of American idioms
all wool and a yard wide — phrasal : marked by superior quality, genuineness, or ingenuousness … Useful english dictionary
wool — [wool] n. [ME wolle < OE wull, akin to Ger wolle < IE base * wel , hair, wool, grass > L villus, shaggy hair, vellus, fleece, lana, wool, Gr lēnos, wool] 1. a) the soft, curly or crisp hair of sheep b) the hair of some other animals, as… … English World dictionary
wool — woollike, adj. /wool/, n. 1. the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property. 2. fabrics and garments of such wool. 3. yarn … Universalium
wool — /wʊl / (say wool) noun 1. the fine, soft, curly hair, characterised by minute, overlapping surface scales, to which its felting property is mainly due, that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, that of sheep constituting one of… …
wool — n 1. fleece; yarn. 2. all wool and a yard wide genuine, sincere, real, true, truehearted; faithful, constant, true blue, Inf. trusty; good, excellent. 3. dyed in the wool inveterate, confirmed, inured, hardened, hard core, die hard. 4. pull the… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
wool — See: ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE, PULL THE WOOL OVER ONE S EYES … Dictionary of American idioms
wool — See: ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE, PULL THE WOOL OVER ONE S EYES … Dictionary of American idioms
wool — See: all wool and a yard wide, pull the wool over one s eyes … Словарь американских идиом
