| 单词 | in the nine holes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the nine holes (also hole) b. U.S. colloquial. in the nine holes (also hole): in a difficult position or situation. Now rare. ΚΠ 1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana xiv. 126 We, who should be considering the Honour of our Country, and that it goes now or never upon our hand, whether it shall be ridiculous to all the world; are going to nine-holes.] 1825 L. M. Child Rebels vi. 72 You have been playing a game of selfishness and guilt all your life..and now that you are completely in the nine-holes, you will not throw your knave of trumps on the last lift. 1863 ‘E. Kirke’ My Southern Friends 76 He owned har [sc. a slave] till he got in the nineholes one day, and sold har to the Gin'ral. 1877 Congress. Rec. 3 Nov. 230/1 We have put the gentleman in the ‘nine-holes’; and there we intend to keep him. 1890 Congress. Rec. 12 June 6002/1 The bill..has passed the Senate, and, to use a Western expression, it will put me ‘in the nine-hole’ if I do not get it through. 1906 B. L. Ridley Battles & Sketches Army Tennessee 295 The only time he ever got Johnston apparently in ‘a nine hole’ was at Resaca, on May 15, 1864. < as lemmas |
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