see\ the\ beat

see\ the\ beat
• hear the beat
• see the beat
v. phr. dialect
To hear of or to see someone or something better or surpassing. - Usually used in negative or interrogative sentences and often followed by "of".

I never heard the beat! John swam all the way across the river. Did you ever hear the beat of it?

The juggler spun a table around on the tip of his finger. I never saw the beat of that.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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