| 单词 | done like dinner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdone like (a) dinner PhrasesΚΠ 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Huntington Libr. copy) sig. A3v I..retired me to Paules to seeke my dinner with Duke Humfrey. 1597 E. S. Discouerie Knights of Poste sig. C3v Through wante of meate many times they walke out their dinner in Duke Humfrey his Allie. 1641 H. Peacham Worth of Peny 22 After a long dinner with Duke Humphrey, to take a nap upon penielesse Bench. 1749 S. F. Petticoat-pensioners iii. 41 He was walking one day in the mall, to prepare his stomach for a dinner with Duke Humphrey. 1887 Birmingham Daily Post 3 May 7/5 The mere chance of including this in your dish, however savoury it may be, would make a crust of bread and a bit of cheese, or even a dinner with Duke Humphrey, preferable. P2. colloquial (chiefly Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian). done like (a) dinner. a. Completely exhausted; spent. Chiefly with reference to horses.Often merging into or difficult to distinguish from sense Phrases 2b; cf. quot. 1974 at that sense. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] wearyc825 asadc1306 ateyntc1325 attaintc1325 recrayed1340 methefula1350 for-wearya1375 matea1375 taintc1380 heavy1382 fortireda1400 methefula1400 afoundered?a1425 tewedc1440 travailedc1440 wearisomec1460 fatigate1471 defatigatec1487 tired1488 recreant1490 yolden?1507 fulyeit?a1513 traiked?a1513 tavert1535 wearied1538 fatigated1552 awearya1555 forwearied1562 overtired1567 spenta1568 done1575 awearied1577 stank1579 languishinga1586 bankrupt?1589 fordone1590 spent1591 overwearied1592 overworn1592 outworn1597 half-dead1601 back-broken1603 tiry1611 defatigated1612 dog-wearya1616 overweary1617 exhaust1621 worn-out1639 embossed1651 outspent1652 exhausted1667 beaten1681 bejaded1687 harassed1693 jaded1693 lassate1694 defeata1732 beat out1758 fagged1764 dog-tired1770 fessive1773 done-up1784 forjeskit1786 ramfeezled1786 done-over1789 fatigued1791 forfoughten1794 worn-up1812 dead1813 out-burnta1821 prostrate1820 dead beat1822 told out1822 bone-tireda1825 traiky1825 overfatigued1834 outwearied1837 done like (a) dinner1838 magged1839 used up1839 tuckered outc1840 drained1855 floored1857 weariful1862 wappered1868 bushed1870 bezzled1875 dead-beaten1875 down1885 tucked up1891 ready (or fit) to drop1892 buggered-up1893 ground-down1897 played1897 veal-bled1899 stove-up1901 trachled1910 ragged1912 beat up1914 done in1917 whacked1919 washy1922 pooped1928 shattered1930 punchy1932 shagged1932 shot1939 whipped1940 buggered1942 flaked (out)1942 fucked1949 sold-out1958 wiped1958 burnt out1959 wrung out1962 juiced1965 hanging1971 zonked1972 maxed1978 raddled1978 zoned1980 cream crackered1983 1838 Sydney Monitor 11 Apr. The old horse..took the first heat. In doing so however, he was done like a dinner, and went to the dressing ground completely lame. 1891 Quiz & Lantern (Adelaide) 2 Oct. 14/4 Glenburnie [sc. a hunting horse] being done like a dinner turned turtle on Mr. R. Beck. 1929 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) 29 June 6/2 The pony was done like a dinner, I'll admit, but he arrived there before the storm. b. Utterly defeated or outwitted; (also) cheated. ΚΠ 1845 H. Cockton Love Match xxxiii. 335 He's an artful card, and always was... We did him then, and I'm glad he's done now: such a man as that ought to be done like a dinner. 1847 A. Harris Settlers & Convicts iv. 72 If we don't give the rain time to wash out the horse-tracks we shall be done like a dinner. 1895 A. B. Paterson Man from Snowy River 13 We saw we were done like a dinner—The odds were a thousand to one. 1974 J. Powers Last of Knucklemen iii. ii. 93 ‘What the hell's goin' on here?’ ‘The Hun's rooted—that's what!’ ‘Done like a dinner!’ 1991 A. Kershaw & M. Lasovich Rock-A-Bye Baby ix. 177 It was obvious, according to..her lawyer, that his client was ‘done like dinner’. 2019 @Frank_Davies 9 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 23 Apr. 2021) I don't know anyone who has owned up to voting for them, they know they've been done like a dinner by these grifters again. P3. British, Irish English, Australian, and New Zealand. colloquial. to have had more —— than you have (also he has, etc.) had hot dinners and variants: used to emphasize the subject's great experience of the specified thing. Also with a verb of action, as he had run more conferences than we'd had hot dinners. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > be versed or skilled [verb (intransitive)] > be highly experienced to have had more —— than you have (also he has, etc.) had hot dinners1929 1929 Daily Tel. 14 Sept. 8/1 I will fight the lot of you. I have had more fights than you have had hot dinners. 1965 J. Osborne Inadmissible Evid. i. 31 She looks as though she could do with a bit. She's got the galloping cutes all right. Joy. She's had more joy sticks than hot dinners. 1976 Daily Mirror 17 Mar. 23/3 Mr. Essex has been subjected to more ‘East End wonderboy’ rubbishings than he has had hot dinners. 2021 @DeanMears 20 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 23 Apr. 2021) The guys on last night have been to more Chelsea matches then I've had hot dinners (and some nights I have two dinners). P4. to lose a dinner: see lose v.1 3j. to sing for one's dinner: see sing v.1 1d. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。