| 单词 | neck and heels |
| 释义 | > as lemmasneck and heels b. neck and heels: = neck and crop at Phrases 7c. Cf. to tie (also †lay) neck and heels at Phrases 8. Now rare (British regional in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > altogether, entirely, or completely bedenec1175 all outc1300 downrightc1330 downrightsc1330 at alla1375 whole together1551 in all sorts1559 right out1578 clear1600 neck and heels1647 to rights1663 head over ears1774 neck and crop1791 fair and square1870 in total1965 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 155 He..all bedret him, Evin quyte from nek till heill.] 1647 F. Bland Souldiers March 20 As Gods Provost-Marshall, to arrest him, binde him hand and foot, neck and heels. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §81. 72 The Liberty of the Subject is brought in Neck and Heels, as they say. 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xxv. 210 To take and pull him neck and heels out. a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 137 The first thing that we now did was to turn him out of the sick-house, neck and heels. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester (at cited word) If there be another 'lection, they'll be obligated to go out neck and heels. < as lemmas |
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