| 单词 | from the shoulder |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(straight) from the shoulder g. (straight) from the shoulder: (of a blow) with the fist brought to the shoulder and then swiftly sent forward; (of pulling or other movements) with the arm kept straight, not ‘from the elbow’; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [phrase] > with arm kept straight (straight) from the shoulder1856 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb] > frankly freelyeOE unreservedly1708 candidly1762 outspokenly1855 straight1874 man to man1902 (straight) from the shoulder1904 squat1909 1856 C. Reade It is never too Late I. xv. 290 No! give me a chap that hits out straight from the shoulder. 1859 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 12) 17 Wriggling and twisting your body instead of letting your arms go from the shoulder. 1864 Bohn's Handbk. Games 516 The stroke should be made freely from the shoulder, and not in a cramped manner from the elbow. 1904 W. H. Smith Promoters v. 103 You'll..be in a shape to talk business, right from the shoulder. 1911 R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter ix. 118 A man that talks old-fashioned American Democracy straight from the shoulder. 1922 H. Jenkins John Dene of Toronto ii. 36 We aren't so thin-skinned as not to be able to take it from the shoulder. 1926 N. Coward Easy Virtue i. 10 I must..have a talk to her... A straight-from-the-shoulder chat might make her see things in a better light. 1947 L. P. Hartley Eustace & Hilda xi. 182 That letter had been written straight from the shoulder, or the heart. 1963 V. Nabokov Gift iv. 214 He subsequently wrote it right down, straight from the shoulder, in three nights. 1977 Gramophone Aug. 291/3 As to the power and authority, he takes Beethoven at his word when he sees an ff mark and lets you have it right from the shoulder. < as lemmas |
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