单词 | at a dead lift |
释义 | > as lemmasat a dead lift 2. figurative. A position or juncture in which one can do no more, an extremity, ‘a hopeless exigence’ (Johnson). Usually in phrase at a dead lift. (Very common in the 17th cent.: now archaic or dialect) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > sudden, extreme, or emergency needOE needinga1400 exigentc1475 plunge1519 opportunity1526 push1563 dead lift1567 heft1587 exigence1588 exigency1601 emergent1620 lift1624 emergencya1631 emergencea1676 emergementa1734 amplush1827 crisis1848 situation1954 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Biiii And to these at a ded lyft or laste refuge they maye..repayre. 1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. Gv You must helpe vs at that dead lift, or else wee are vndone. 1639 J. Shirley Maides Revenge iii. sig. E4 Medicine he carried alwaies in the Pummell of his sword, for a dead lift, a very active Poyson. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xxi. 137 Then [in a shipwreck] they betook themselves to their prayers, the best lever at such a dead lift indeed. a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 7 All-sufficient, he comes in at a dead lift, and he is able to turn things in a moment. 1754 A. Berthelson Eng. & Danish Dict. He helped me at a dead lift, hand satte mig paa fœd igien. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) iv. at Nero None would do the wretch [Nero] the favour to kill him; and..he had not the heart to help himself at a dead lift. 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee v, in Tales Fashionable Life V. 357 It's only jockeying—fine sport—and very honourable, to help a friend, at a dead lift. 1814 J. Gilchrist Reason 88 I would not slip off from a dead lift, forgetting to come back to it. < as lemmas |
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