| 单词 | not to touch with a pair of tongs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to touch with a pair of tongs a. figurative and in phrases: e.g. not to touch with a pair of tongs, expressing repugnance to have anything to do with. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > expressing extreme disgust or violent resentment [phrase] > have repugnance to have anything to do with not to touch with a pair of tongsc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋481 Thanne stant Enuye and holdeth the hoote Iren vpon the herte of man with a peire of longe toonges of long rancour. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 714 [It] maketh M. Rastel..to gnaw the tonges for anger. 1643 J. Caryl Expos. 3 First Chaps. Iob (ii. 8) 263 A man would scarce touch such an one with a paire of Tongs. 1688 J. Bunyan Good News for Vilest of Men 143 We are scarce for touching of the poor ones.., no not with a pair of Tongs. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) at Tangs ‘He brades of a pair o' tangs’, this is applied to a person with long limbs. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vii. 136 I wouldn't touch it with a pair of tongs. < as lemmas |
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