Mario Andretti

English

Etymology

After Mario Andretti, a racing driver.

Noun

Mario Andretti (plural Mario Andrettis)

(figuratively) Someone who drives fast or recklessly, as if driving a race car.
(figuratively) A reckless or daring speed maneuver in a vehicle.

Quotations

2000, Raud A Kennedy, Top of the World
Nobody knows the twists and turns of the West Hills better than Biff, in fact, he fancies himself the Mario Andretti of all neighborhoods where water is wasted on green lawns and the cute chicks don’t fool around unless they’ve been slipped a mickey.
2003, Darcy O'Brien, The Hillside Stranglers
[…] he drove everywhere, even when going for a loaf of bread, as though he were chasing or being chased, a Mario Andretti of the freeways, trying to breake the sound barrier in his beige unmarked Plymouth or, off-duty, in his baby-blue Coupe de Ville.
2003, Bernadette Bernon, “Midterm Reflections from a Semester at Sea,” in Steady As She Goes, Barbara Sjoholm ed.
“It’s hard to believe you ever took ballet,” Mister Tactful declared one day last fall, after pulling a Mario Andretti off an Intracoastal Waterway gas dock.
2004, Yvonne Navarro, The Darkening
But Buffy had already done a Mario Andretti around the corner with the wheelchair, and Xander was right on her heels.
2004, Miriam Erick, Managing Morning Sickness
Rick, thinking himself the Mario Andretti of Route 128 in Boston, hated driving his Corvette as slowly as Greta drove their station wagon.

单词	Mario Andretti
释义	Mario Andretti English Etymology After Mario Andretti, a racing driver. Noun Mario Andretti (plural Mario Andrettis) (figuratively) Someone who drives fast or recklessly, as if driving a race car. (figuratively) A reckless or daring speed maneuver in a vehicle. Quotations 2000, Raud A Kennedy, Top of the World Nobody knows the twists and turns of the West Hills better than Biff, in fact, he fancies himself the Mario Andretti of all neighborhoods where water is wasted on green lawns and the cute chicks don’t fool around unless they’ve been slipped a mickey. 2003, Darcy O'Brien, The Hillside Stranglers […] he drove everywhere, even when going for a loaf of bread, as though he were chasing or being chased, a Mario Andretti of the freeways, trying to breake the sound barrier in his beige unmarked Plymouth or, off-duty, in his baby-blue Coupe de Ville. 2003, Bernadette Bernon, “Midterm Reflections from a Semester at Sea,” in Steady As She Goes, Barbara Sjoholm ed. “It’s hard to believe you ever took ballet,” Mister Tactful declared one day last fall, after pulling a Mario Andretti off an Intracoastal Waterway gas dock. 2004, Yvonne Navarro, The Darkening But Buffy had already done a Mario Andretti around the corner with the wheelchair, and Xander was right on her heels. 2004, Miriam Erick, Managing Morning Sickness Rick, thinking himself the Mario Andretti of Route 128 in Boston, hated driving his Corvette as slowly as Greta drove their station wagon.
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