The apartment house where Gene lives is five stories high and he lives in one of the upper stories.
Lulu has nobody home in the upper story.
Bill's sister says he is weak in the upper story.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
upper story — {n.} 1. A floor or level of a building above the first floor. * /The apartment house where Gene lives is five stories high and he lives in one of the upper stories./ 2. {slang} A person s head or brain. * /Lulu has nobody home in the upper… … Dictionary of American idioms
upper story — {n.} 1. A floor or level of a building above the first floor. * /The apartment house where Gene lives is five stories high and he lives in one of the upper stories./ 2. {slang} A person s head or brain. * /Lulu has nobody home in the upper… … Dictionary of American idioms
upper story — noun 1. : a story (as of a house) that is above the ground floor 2. slang : brain a little off in the upper story Erle Stanley Gardner * * * upper storey or (esp in N American) upper story noun … Useful english dictionary
upper story — Any story of a building above the ground floor. Rose v King, 49 Ohio St 213, 30 NE 267 … Ballentine's law dictionary
upper story — Go to top story … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
upper storey — or (esp in N American) upper story noun 1. Any storey above the first floor 2. The brain (slang) • • • Main Entry: ↑up * * * upper story or upper storey, Humorous. the head as the seat of the mind or intel … Useful english dictionary
story — I n. tale 1) to narrate, tell a story 2) to carry, circulate, print, run a story (all the newspapers carried the story about the fire) 3) to edit; rewrite; write a story 4) to concoct, fabricate, invent, make up a story 5) to change, revise;… … Combinatory dictionary
story — A habitable space between two floors of a building; a set of rooms on the same floor or level. Biber v O Brien, 138 Cal App 353, 32 P2d 425. All the rooms on one level of a building; a horizontal section of a building. 32 Am J1st L & T § 1662. A… … Ballentine's law dictionary
story — See: OLD STORY, SOB STORY, UPPER STORY … Dictionary of American idioms
story — See: OLD STORY, SOB STORY, UPPER STORY … Dictionary of American idioms
