figurative in phrases, to flog the glass (see quot.); to flog the clock, to move the hands forward; to flog a dead horse: see horse, n. 19.
| 单词 | θ95665 |
| 释义 | the world > time > reckoning of time > reckon or measure time [verb (intransitive)] > advance the time illegitimately (2) to flog the glass1769 figurative in phrases, to flog the glass (see quot.); to flog the clock, to move the hands forward; to flog a dead horse: see horse, n. 19. to warm the bell1924 to warm the bell (see quots.). Nautical slang. |
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