| 单词 | i'll be hanged if |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI'll be hanged if d. Used as an imprecation, or as a strong expression of anger, vexation, or impatience. Also: I'll be hanged if…, I'll see (you, etc.) hanged first, as emphatic forms of angry refusal or denial. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (transitive)] > oaths other than religious or obscene confoundc1330 founda1382 hanga1400 whip1609 rat1691 fire1730 repique1760 curse1761 blow1781 blister1840 sugar1886 a1400 Coer de L. 4414 Hangyd be he that this toun yelde, To Crystene men, whyl he may leve! c1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus 33 Jelousie be hanged be a cable! 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet 4 And so fare well, and be hangd! 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. iii. 175 Hang him dishonest slaue. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iii. iii. 1296 Hang me if he hath any more mathematikes then wil serue to count the clocke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 88 Hang thee Monster. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. ii. 16 Speake and be hang'd . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 294 Ile see thee hang'd on sonday first. View more context for this quotation 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xvii. 208 But hang him,..labour for his living he will not. 1703 R. Steele Tender Husband iii. ii No, hang it! 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 57. ¶7 I'll be hang'd if you and your silent Friend there are not against the Doctor. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses ix Part with my country-seat..I'll see him hanged first. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 82 She's immensely rich... Hang her! they say, her Father was a Baker. 1779 F. Burney Diary 20 Oct. (1842) I. 274 I would have sent to you, but hang it, thought I, if I only name her [etc]. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xiii. 208 But hang me if I hadn't the best of the argument. 1851 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 143 I'll be hanged if I ever give you anything another time. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour iii. xix. 91 ‘Hang the rain!’ exclaimed Jawleyford. 1862 W. M. Thackeray De Finibus in Roundabout Papers 276 ‘Be hanged to you, can't you leave me alone now?’ 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat 246 ‘Well, hang it all, I've done more than old J., anyhow.’ 1894 R. Bridges Feast of Bacchus v. 1541 ‘You and your Persian customs be hanged, Sir.’ < as lemmas |
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