单词 | all to pot |
释义 | > as lemmasall to pot 5. With a preposition referring to a point of space, esp. to: entirely, completely. In later use only in figurative and extended use, typically in phrases denoting utter destruction or ruin, as all to naught, all to pot (see pot n.1 Phrases 3), etc. Cf. (all) to cock at cock n.1 and int. Phrases 6, all to nothing at nothing pron., n., adv., and int. Phrases 12a. †to call all to naught: to vilify (obsolete).In quot. eOE the form ealle could show either the neuter instrumental singular, used as adverb, or the feminine nominative plural, as predicative adjective agreeing with the (implicit) subject and the verb. Likewise, in quots. OE1, OE2 the forms eall, eal could show, respectively, feminine and neuter singular forms of the predicative adjective agreeing with the singular subject. See discussion in etymology. ΚΠ eOE Metres of Boethius (2009) xxix. 87 Gif he swa gestæððig ne staðolade ealla gesceafta.., æghwilc hiora ealle to nauhte weorðan sceoldon wraðe toslopena [lOE Bodl. to nauhte wurdon ealle gesceafta]. OE Ælfric Homily (Trin. Cambr. B.15.34) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 74 Ge beoð geunrotsode, ac eower unrotnys bið witodlice awænd eow eall to blisse. OE Wulfstan Institutes of Polity (Corpus Cambr. 201) 58 And arære man unlaga ahwar on lande oððe unsida ahwar to swiðe, þæt cymð þare þeode eal to unþearfe. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 35 (MED) Þu forwurðest..al to nohte. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 278 [He] tuki ham alto wunder. c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 22 The Princes douȝter..that hire hurte al upe him caste. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1212 They thus overryde oure londis, they shall by proces brynge us all to nought. 1559 Certayne Serm. (new ed.) in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) i. 134 David, when Semei did call him all to naught, did not chide again. 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Gv It was not she that cald him all to nought. a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Epist. First Chapter Paul to Ephesians (1618) xi. 258 Hee..doth giue his son all to death. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §540 The sap is not so frank as to rise all to the boughs. 1739 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 37 [The Duchess of Portland]..calls herself all to nought for having been so long in her debt. 1828 J. K. Paulding New Mirror for Travellers 174 The citizen geese will call us all to nought, and choose other wise geese in our stead. 1866 ‘O. Optic’ Yankee Middy xviii. 214 Dat schooner down dar got a big gun; blow de steamer all to squash. 1912 Baily's Mag. Dec. 445/2 If it be your drive that has gone all to the dogs, you call upon god. 1999 P. Jackson Retake Please! xi. 99 The electric gear was all to hell and the steering all to buggery. < as lemmas |
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