| 单词 | all to rags |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall to rags P1. all to rags: to smithereens, to pieces (literal and figurative); completely and utterly. Now rare. ΚΠ 1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian v. 77 Good father; can you tell a man..Of some good Inne here by? They all to rags Were broke (quoth he) against some hidden crags. a1763 J. Byrom Dulces ante Omnia Musæ in Poems (1894) I. 167 Plots against ye vanish all to Rags! 1798 C. Stearns Wooden Boy i. ii, in Dramatic Dialogues for Use in Schools 328 We shall joke him all to rags. 1802 ‘P. Pindar’ Middlesex Election iii, in Wks. (1816) IV. 193 Mob wanth to tear un all to rags, And pent ‘No bastille’ 'pon their flags. 1841 R. E. Landor Ferryman iv. 280 His wits have blown his wisdom all to rags. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxxiii. 432 The blow came crashing down and knocked him all to rags. 1911 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 7 Dec. 8/3 They..tear my temper all to rags. 1972 D. Barthelme Sadness 91 The cops decided to show the four black kids at a press conference to demonstrate that they weren't really beat all to rags. < as lemmas |
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