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more than one can shake a stick at
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A large quantity, more than one can count, as in Our town has more banks than you can shake a stick at . This idiom presumably refers to brandishing a stick as a weapon, but the precise allusion is unclear. [ Colloquial ; c. 1800]Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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