grow like topsy

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von grow like topsy im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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?.

Silbentrennung

Grow like topsy

Türkische aussprache

grō layk täpsi

Aussprache

/ˈgrō ˈlīk ˈtäpsē/ /ˈɡroʊ ˈlaɪk ˈtɑːpsiː/

Etymologie

() 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.