| 单词 | in a wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a wood ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > in a difficult position > in straits waterOE straitly steadc1400 need-stead?c1450 at the worst hand1490 in suds1575 lock1598 at a bad hand1640 in a wood1659 in bad bread1743 up a stump1829 in a tight (also awkward, bad, etc.) spot1851 up shit creek1868 in the cart1889 in the soup1889 out on a limb1897 in a spot1929 up the creek1941 consommé1957 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > confused, at a loss [phrase] at one's wit's end (occasionally ends)1377 seek1390 will of wane (also wone)a1400 will of redea1425 on wild1477 to be at a muse1548 at a loss1592 at a stopa1626 in a fog?c1640 in a wood1659 at a wit-standa1670 at sea1768 at fault1833 far to find, seek1879 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 415 I am afraid we are in a wood. No wonder the nation is puzzled, when the wisdom of the nation is puzzled in this place. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical x. 115 I am in a Wood, there are so many of them [sc. coffee-houses] I know not which to enter. 1786 F. Burney Diary 28 Nov. (1842) III. 232 I assured him I was quite in a wood, and begged him to be more explicit. < as lemmas |
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