| 单词 | not to know what to do with oneself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to know what to do with oneself b. With reflexive prepositional object: to occupy oneself with (an activity). Frequently in not to know what to do with oneself: to be unsure as to how to occupy oneself; to be at a loss as to how to act or behave, esp. as a result of distress, embarrassment, etc. ΚΠ ?1600 Earl of Essex Apologie sig. A2v Consider what choice I had, or what else could I haue done with myselfe. 1699 tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. in Ld. Ruthven Relation Death David Rizzi 3 He came to be in such extream want, that he knew not well what to do with himself. 1765 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 12 He was for some time much at a loss to know what to do with himself. 1820 Edinb. Rev. 33 93 They are so happy that they know not what to do with themselves. 1858 S. Hancock Confession v. 76 He..burst into tears, and begged me not to judge him too hardly—I didn't know what to do with myself for passion. 1898 W. J. Locke Idols v. 64 What have you been doing with yourself all this time? 1958 J. Barth End of Road vi. 86 I had no self-convincing reason for continuing for a moment longer to do any of the things that I happened to be doing with myself. 1976 A. Purdy in G. Lynch & D. Rampton Canad. Ess. (1991) 205 Native kids have nothing to do with themselves. 1991 Rage 13 Feb. 38/2 I was just about to start chatting to them when their mother slapped them both across the head... I didn't know what to do with myself. 2010 H. Jacobson Finkler Question xi. 256 He was beginning to look like a man who didn't know what to do with himself next. < as lemmas |
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