| 单词 | in good bread |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin good bread P6. regional (in later use chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern)). in bad bread: in a bad state, in difficulties; in disfavour with a person. Similarly in good bread: in favourable circumstances. Sc. National Dict. (at Breed) records this phrase as still in use in Orkney and north-eastern Scotland in 1975. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > in easy circumstances to have one's bread buttered on both sides1678 in good bread1743 on velvet1749 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 > attention and judgement > contempt > disfavour > disfavouring [phrase] > out of favour out of a person's books1509 in bad bread1743 in (also into) a person's bad books1832 in the doghouse1926 1743 Exam. & Depositions in Votes & Proc. of House of Representatives Pennsylvania App. 98 Brothers, you'd better go on board your Ships, or you'll be in bad Bread before Night. 1751 J. Taylor Ordinary of Newgate's Acct. 23 Oct. 124/1 She served seven Years to this Business, and work'd Journey-work many Years more..and was in good Bread. 1778 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1907) XLIII. 11 Old England I beleve is got into Bad Bread. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To be in bad bread, to be in a dilemma, or in an evil taking. 1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 139 That's hoo he gat inteh sec bad bread with t'maister. 1924 A. W. Moore Vocab. Anglo-Manx Dial. 9 Bad bread, disfavour (also Cumberland):—We got in bad bread with them. < as lemmas |
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