Tommy Tran
2021-02-04 03:02
Look/feel like a million dollars/bucks American British informal verb phrase
"Look/feel a million dollars" is often used in Bristish English while "look/feel like a million bucks" is more popular in American English.
To look very attractive and gorgeous or to feel very healthy and strong
I feel like a million bucks whenever I wear suits.
After dealing with all the problems at work, he now feels like a million dollars.
Used to refer to a person (especially a woman) who is very sexually appealing
1. Good or fantastic
2. (of a person) Attractive, or sexy
3. A sexually attractive person
Used to compliment one's appearance that is presentable after grooming oneself
Healthy, strong and well
The verb "look/feel" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase is first found in the Buffalo Evening News of Thursday 18th September 1902:
"At that the Burn’emites looked like a million dollars for the first six innings of the first game. Then the Bisons shaved off a whole lot of hits from Mr. Moriarty’s delivery and scored four, whereupon the Skeeters retired to the swamp. They got in the first bite at that, in the first inning, but after that the game was a blank to them."
It is later found in the same newspaper, the Buffalo Evening News, of Friday 26th June 1903:
"The Hon. James E. Kinney, boxing promoter, who has the new club at Windsor, Ont., blew into town this morning looking like a million dollars. Kinney is on his way to Boston, where he hopes to match Young Corbett and Dave Sullivan for his clubhouse on July 20. Otto Sieloff and Matty Matthews will do battle before J. Kinney’s club July 3."
Do you see anything wrong?
If a person has the devil's own luck, he or she has extremely good luck.
A: Yesterday I won a $10 million lottery jackpot and today I won a car in a draw.
B: You have the devil's own luck.
Clear
