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单词 hell and tommy
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hell and tommy
a. hell and tommy: disturbance; great trouble; earliest in to play hell and Tommy: to behave wildly; to cause trouble. Also as int. Cf. Phrases 5a. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > be brisk or active > bustle > fuss or make a fuss
nytelc1400
to make a matter1549
to keep a coil1568
squatter1593
fiddle-faddle1633
to play hell (with)1750
fuss1792
to play hell and Tommy1825
piggle1836
palavera1840
to make a time1844
to make a time1844
friggle1848
fussify1868
to make a production of (or out of)1941
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > cause great harm to
to play hell (with)1750
to make havoc1812
to play Old Harry with1837
to play the bear1854
to play hell and Tommy1859
to play buggery1898
to play havoc1910
1825 W. P. L. Wellesley in Law Jrnl. Rep. (1827) 5 89/1 Out of doors with you in all weathers—play hell and tommy—make as much row as your lungs will permit of—chase cats, dogs, women, young and old, at your full pleasure.
1837 Bentley's Miscell. Aug. 131 Why, hell and Tommy! the maid whom I adore To prove untrue!
1859 T. De Quincey Cæsars (rev. ed.) in Wks. X. 135 Lord Bacon played ‘H— and Tommy’ when casually raised to the supreme seat in the council.
1879 J. McCarthy Donna Quixote xxxii I've played hell-and-tommy already with the lot of them.
1928 ‘A. J. Alan’ Good Evening, Everyone! 131 There was Hell-and-Tommy the next morning, and she had her hand done up in bandages for a week.
1949 Chicago Tribune 11 Sept. i. 14/5 Some American conceptions of any future war against Russia, which..meant ‘atomic bombs for the Americans and hell and tommy for the rest.’
1981 M. Anderson Both Sides of River ii. 77Hell and Tommy!’ Beattie swore when Willie gave him the instructions.
2001 Analog Sci. Fiction & Fact Apr. 25/2 It sounds like some hell-and-tommy impertinence!
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