beat all イディオム
if that doesn't beat all
that is the best/biggest/ worst I have ever seen Fifty people in a phone booth - if that doesn't beat all!
beat all|Dutch|beat|beat the Dutch
v. phr.,
informal To be strange or surprising.
John found a box full of money buried in his garage. Doesn't that beat all! It beats the Dutch how Tom always makes a basket.
beat all hollow|beat|beat hollow|hollow
v. phr.,
slang To do much better than; to beat very badly.
We beat their team all hollow. As a speaker, he beats us all hollow.
beat all
beat all Surpass anything, especially in a strange or amazing way, as in
Adam and his cousin Eve eloped—doesn't that beat all! This phrase appears to have replaced
beat the Dutch. It is often used in a negative construction, as in the example. [Slang; first half of 1800s] Also see
to beat the band.
beat all
To be above the bound of acuteness or belief, as in a surprising, shocking, or amazing occurrence. Well that beats all! I wasn't assured to accept you actuality for Christmas!Learn more: all, beatbeat all
Surpass anything, abnormally in a aberrant or amazing way, as in Adam and his accessory Eve eloped-doesn't that exhausted all! This byword appears to accept replaced beat the Dutch. It is generally acclimated in a abrogating construction, as in the example. [Slang; aboriginal bisected of 1800s] Also see to exhausted the band. Learn more: all, beat beat all
To be absorbing or amazing. Generally acclimated in abrogating codicillary constructions: If that doesn't exhausted all!Learn more: all, beat
Dictionary