
what it means
A humdinger is the one out of the batch that everybody remembers. The word is American, cheerful and slightly old-fashioned, and it never means merely good. A good speech is a good speech; a humdinger of a speech is the one people are still quoting in the car on the way home. It works the way a beauty or a cracker works — the thing is not simply praised, it is singled out of a crowd of ordinary ones. And notice the shape it comes in: a humdinger of a match, of a storm, of a row. The storm is not a humdinger by itself. It is a humdinger of one.
Un humdinger es el que todos recuerdan de la tanda. Es americano, alegre y algo anticuado, y nunca significa sólo «bueno»: un buen discurso es un buen discurso; un humdinger es el que la gente cita en el coche de vuelta. Suele decirse «a humdinger of a…».
Um humdinger é aquele que todo mundo lembra da leva. É americano, alegre e um pouco antiquado, e nunca quer dizer só "bom": um bom discurso é um bom discurso; um humdinger é o que as pessoas citam no carro na volta. Costuma vir como "a humdinger of a…".
Un humdinger, c'est celui dont tout le monde se souvient. Le mot est américain, jovial et un peu daté, et il ne veut jamais dire simplement « bon » : un bon discours est un bon discours ; un humdinger, c'est celui qu'on cite encore dans la voiture au retour. On dit « a humdinger of a… ».
Humdinger adalah satu-satunya yang diingat semua orang dari sekian banyak. Katanya Amerika, ceria, dan agak kuno, dan tidak pernah cuma berarti "bagus": pidato bagus ya pidato bagus; humdinger adalah yang masih dikutip orang di mobil saat pulang. Biasanya dipakai "a humdinger of a…".
Humdinger, hepsinin içinden herkesin hatırladığı olandır. Amerikan işi, neşeli ve biraz eski bir kelimedir; asla sadece "iyi" demek değildir: iyi konuşma iyi konuşmadır, humdinger ise dönüş yolunda arabada hâlâ alıntılanandır. Genelde "a humdinger of a…" kalıbıyla gelir.
humdinger とは、いくつもあったなかで全員が覚えているあれ、のことです。アメリカ生まれで、陽気で、少し古風。「よかった」だけでは足りません。よい演説はよい演説ですが、humdinger は帰りの車でまだ口にされているほうです。ふつう「a humdinger of a…」の形で使います。
noun
something outstanding of its kind
“That closing line was a real humdinger — nobody forgot it.”
noun
used as a humdinger of a… before the thing itself
“They played a humdinger of a second half.”
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