| 单词 | in dutch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin Dutch 4. Slang phrases (originally U.S.): (a) in Dutch, in disfavour, disgrace, or trouble; (b) to do a (or the) Dutch (act), to desert, escape, run away; also, to commit suicide. ΚΠ 1902 H. Hapgood Autobiogr. Thief in Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly Sept. 459/1 A week later Dal was found dead in his cell, and I believe he did the Dutch act. [Note] Committed suicide. 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 120/2 We did a dutch with everything—even down to the coalhammer. 1912 A. H. Lewis Apaches N.Y. iv. 70 I don't want to put you in Dutch with your fleet. 1948 M. Allingham More Work for Undertaker xxv. 286 He'll be in dutch if there's nothing to show at the end of it. 1953 P. Frankau Winged Horse ii. iv. 134 Maybe Baron'll fire me when he knows I'm in Dutch with his family. 1958 M. A. de Ford in J. Macdonald Lethal Sex (1962) 115 You can't face it..so you're doing the Dutch and leaving a confession. 1959 ‘E. Fenwick’ Long Way Down xx. 155 Scare the poor kid to death, probably—and get her in dutch with her people, too. 1965 ‘R. L. Pike’ Police Blotter (1966) ii. 37 The day Caper Connelly does the dutch, my guess is it'll be against somebody else. 1968 J. Dos Passos Best Times ii. 69 While I plodded around..trying to explain my position and getting myself deeper in Dutch every time I opened my face, I saw marvellous scenes. < as lemmas |
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