grow like topsy

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Определение grow like topsy в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

To grow rapidly and out of control

Why has National Strategies been allowed to grow like Topsy in some respects, and at the same time become even more complex, making it difficult for teachers to take in the amount of guidance that they receive?.

Расстановка переносов

Grow like topsy

Турецкое произношение

grō layk täpsi

Произношение

/ˈgrō ˈlīk ˈtäpsē/ /ˈɡroʊ ˈlaɪk ˈtɑːpsiː/

Этимология

() After a character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin|Uncle Tom's Cabin]] (1852), who, asked about God, says "I s'pect I growed. Don't think nobody never made me." The sense of excessive out-of-control growth is a misunderstanding.