| 单词 | in a paddy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a paddy 5. colloquial. A fit of temper, a rage; a hot temper. Esp. in in a paddy. Cf. paddywhack n. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > fit(s) or outburst(s) of anger wratha1200 wrethea1400 hatelc1400 angerc1425 braida1450 fumea1529 passion1530 fustian fume1553 ruff1567 pelt1573 spleen1590 blaze1597 huff1599 blustera1616 dog-flawa1625 overboiling1767 explosion1769 squall1807 blowout1825 flare-up1837 fit1841 bust-up1842 wax1854 Scot1859 pelter1861 ructions1862 performance1864 outfling1865 rise1877 detonation1878 flare-out1879 bait1882 paddy1894 paddywhack1899 wingding1927 wing-dinger1933 eppie1987 1894 G. A. Henty Dorothy's Double I. 132 They goes out looking red in the face, and in a regular paddy. 1929 J. Owen Shepherd & Child i. 14 Tristina went—and that without pulling the door behind her ‘in a paddy’, as she would have done if the order had come from Miss Trellis. 1933 E. Partridge Words, Words, Words! i. 9 Both Irish and the colloquial Paddy are used for anger. 1959 ‘O. Mills’ Stairway to Murder v. 56 It was my awful temper. I used to get into the biggest paddies when I was a kiddie. 1975 J. Cowley Mandrake Root (1976) xvi. 280 You're a pigheaded Stilwell... Got a real paddy when you let go. 1991 A. Campbell Sidewinder v. 69 I could see that old Sidewinder was working himself into a paddy, so I decided it was healthier to back-pedal. < as lemmas |
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