单词 | in the neck of another |
释义 | > as lemmas(one) in (also on) the neck of another P5. in (also on, upon) the neck (of): on the top of; immediately upon or after(wards); esp. (one) in (also on) the neck of another. regional in later use.Common in the 16th and 17th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > succession [phrase] > immediately following another (one) in (also on) the neck of another1525 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > continuously or uninterruptedly [phrase] > in continuous succession forne onc1175 (one) in (also on) the neck of another1525 in a successiona1715 hand-running?1807 off the reel1866 on the trot1952 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clx. [clvi.] 442 One tayle coude nat be payde but yt another was redy on ye necke therof. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 20v Heaping othes vpon othes, one in a nothers necke. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. vi. sig. D.ij/2 Upon the necke of this againe, he argueth thus. 1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 357 One temptation folloed in the neck of an other. 1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1720) I. 376 This Offer coming upon the Neck of the Parliament's Advice to his Majesty. 1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Bv A Dozen more of such Expressions, pour'd on the Neck of one another. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxviii A thousand distresses and domestic misadventures crowding in upon me thick and threefold, one upon the neck of another. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) One bad job alus falls on th' neck of another. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 203/1 Jim bust 'is leg an' yer Da brok 'is ribs on the neck o' that. < as lemmas |
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