| 单词 | in one's hair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin one's hair P2. in one's hair: (a) with the hair down; (b) bare-headed, without hat or wig; (c) being a nuisance or encumbrance, in one's way; usually with get and have (originally U.S.); so out of one's hair: out of one's way, not encumbering (see sense Phrases 17 below). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [phrase] > with hair hanging loose in one's haira1556 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering [phrase] in the (also a person's) road1755 in one's hair1851 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective] > having specific part of body uncovered > head open-head?c1225 open-hairc1380 open-headedc1395 discovereda1463 uncovered1570 balda1616 decovered1658 in one's hair1859 a1556 T. Cranmer Let. 17 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) II. 39 She in her here, my Lord of Suffolke beryng before herr the Crowne. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 143 Many a time he would shew her to his Souldiours in her haire. 1851 Oregon Statesman (Oregon City) 30 Sept. 1/2 I shall depend on your honor..that you won't tell on me, cause if you did, I should have Hetty Gawkins in my hair in no time. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians i A large grave man in his own hair. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xx. 193 What you learn here, you've got to know..or else you'll have one of these..spectacled..old professors in your hair. 1935 S. Lewis It can't happen Here xiii. 129 Maybe there'll be a few Communist cells around here now, when Fascism begins to get into people's hair. 1936 ‘J. Tey’ Shilling for Candles x. 115 She got in my hair until I couldn't bear it another day. 1945 M. Lowry Let. (1967) 49 We had them in our hair all summer. 1951 C. Fry Sleep of Prisoners 4 You know what Absalom Said to the tree? ‘You're getting in my hair.’ 1957 R. Watson-Watt Three Steps to Victory 255 His endurance of a bunch of untidy civilians constantly ‘in his hair’. in one's hair P17. out of one's hair: opposed to in one's hair (sense Phrases 2(c)). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > easy, easily, or without difficulty [phrase] > not encumbering out of one's hair1902 1902 R. Kipling in Sat. Evening Post 6 Dec. 2/3 Get out o' my back-hair! 1949 ‘J. Tey’ Brat Farrar x. 81 They wouldn't bother to look for him. They would be too relieved to have him out of their hair. 1959 J. Masters Fandango Rock 173 He wouldn't want to interfere with her big moment, and he'd even managed to keep Peggy out of her hair. 1967 Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 18/2 Two vice presidents of the First Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Co., the city's largest and most respected, said the bank paid Karafin and an associate £12,000 a year ‘to keep him out of our hair’. 1971 P. G. Wodehouse Much Obliged, Jeeves xvi. 177 He wanted to get Florence out of his hair without actually telling her to look elsewhere for a mate. < as lemmas |
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