Jan 17, 2014 13:48
10 yrs ago
English term

Fair Treat

Non-PRO English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
The quotations are from Kipps, a British novel published in 1905.

After an accident:
"I was coming down hill, you know," explained the bicyclist. "These little Folkestone hills are a Fair Treat. It isn't as though I'd been on the level. I came rather a whop."

Kipps criticizes a "farcical comedy" and Chitterlow praises his criticism:
"And the way you picked up every point in that scene, my boy, was a Fair Treat!"

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an utter delilght; a very great delight; the utmost delight

Fair in this case is be used as an adjective as defined here:


: being such to the utmost : utter <a fair treat to watch him — New Republic>
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair

A treat is a delight, or a delightful special event, as in "It is a great treat to be able to go to the shore and swim"
Peer comment(s):

agree Petro Ebersöhn (X)
12 mins
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agree Jack Doughty
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agree B D Finch
44 mins
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agree Thayenga : :)
1 hr
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agree Jean-Claude Gouin
12 hrs
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agree Natalia Volkova
22 hrs
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agree JaneTranslates
1 day 11 hrs
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+2
3 mins

well done / to be admired

Somewhat dated English slang. Cockney I think.
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M
17 mins
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agree Alexandra Schneeuhr
20 mins
Thanks Alexandra.
neutral B D Finch : Eggs can be "well done", but hills?
51 mins
Hills are "to be admired". The equivalent differs depending on whether the phrase refers to an object or an action.
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