to break on the wheel: to bind a criminal to a wheel, or similar frame, and break his limbs, or beat him to death; so †to break on the torture: to…
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery, superiority, or advantage [verb (intransitive)] > defeat completely (6) to break one's back or neck1579 to break on the wheel: to bind a criminal to a wheel, or similar frame, and break his limbs, or beat him to death; so †to break on the torture: to… to be too many for1692 Modified by the adverbs as, how, so, too. See also so many at so, adv. conj.37. to be too many for: to be more than a match for (usually in humorous… to do for ——1740 intransitive. colloquial. To ruin, damage, or injure fatally; to destroy, wear out entirely. Now frequently in prepositional passive. to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 In phrases and proverbial sayings. all (his) geese are swans: he invariably exaggerates or over-estimates; so to turn geese into swans, every goose a… to fix (another's) flint1836 Originally and chiefly U.S. to fix (a person): to deal with, settle or ‘do for’ (a person); to kill (a person). to fix it: to arrange matters. any way… to cut the ground from under one (or one's feet)1855 The portion of the earth's surface on which a person or thing stands or moves; often figurative in to cut the ground from under one (or one's feet). |
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