| 单词 | on high |
| 释义 | > as lemmason high Phrases P1. with (also † in, through) a high hand: with imperious or absolute exercise of power; imperiously. Also in with a higher hand, to take the high hand, etc. [Compare post-classical Latin in manu excelsa, lit. ‘in a high hand’ (Vulgate), and also manus alta force, altior manus upper hand (both 14th cent. in British sources).] ΚΠ OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Deut. (Claud.) xxxii. 27 Vre hand is heah [L. manus nostra excelsa] & ne worhte Drihten ðas ðingc.] a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Num. xxxiii. 3 Þer fore þei goon forþ..in an hiȝ hond [1535 Coverdale thorow an hye hande; 1611 King James with an high hand; L. in manu excelsa]. a1555 J. Bradford Godlye Medytacyon (1559) sig. E.i Suffer hym not to seduce the symple sort with his fonde opinion, that his false gods, blind mumbling, fayned religion or his folishe supersticion, doth geue hym suche conquestes, suche victories, suche triumphe, and so high hand ouer vs. 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. ii. 92 Much more will hee scourge them that sinne with an hie hand. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 7 Carrying..all a kinde of high hand over their wiues. 1676 W. Allen Serious & Friendly Addr. Non-conformists 171 In truth he had with a high hand forbidden it. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxxiv. 189 My busy Apprehension immediately suggested to me, that I was to be terrified, with a high Hand, into a Compliance with some new Scheme or other. 1774 J. Johnson Let. 6 Apr. in Joshua Johnson's Letterbk. (1979) 131 I have no doubt of establishing our reputations..and much to the prejudice of Molleson and some others who have heretofore held a high hand. 1808 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 96 An army that, to be successful and carry things with a high hand, ought to be able to move. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iv. ii. 240 The dominant party carrying it with a high hand. 1880 E. Lynn Linton Rebel of Family I. ii. 47 He..carried things with a higher hand than once she would have thought possible. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 147 I took the high hand in despair, said there must be no talk of Irvine coming back. 1932 Pop. Aviation Dec. 360/2 It is the high hand of authority that is choking the life out of a young and promising industry. 1999 Evening Standard (Nexis) 4 Mar. 33 With the Convention on Human Rights a part of British law, it would mean his office couldn't take a high hand and reject what it considered obscene out of hand. 2007 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 10 Nov. 3 There is a certain type of customer who is lovely with myself, or the owner, but who seems to treat the rest of the staff with a high hand. P2. high and dry. a. Of a vessel (or occasionally a person): cast or drawn up on the shore out of the water. Also in extended use: out of harm's way, safe. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > dry [phrase] > above surface or level of water high and dry1727 society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > [phrase] > laid up or out of commission out of commission1533 in ordinary1754 high and dry1851 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxi. 254 To the great Admiration of all concerned, the Ship was high and dry in the Morning, in a Valley on the South Side of the River of Goa, about half a Mile within the Land. 1759 J. Lindsay Voy. Coast Afr. viii. 67 The wreck of a ship (which lies here high and dry on the shore). 1822 R. G. Wallace 15 Years in India 48 Another surf sent Ensign George True high and dry on the beach. 1838 C. Dickens Let. ?26 July (1965) I. 421 I no sooner get myself up, high and dry, to attack him [sc. Oliver Twist] manfully than up come the waves of each month's work. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 359 Dry dock..for laying up ships of war out of commission, or ships ‘in ordinary’, high and dry. 1867 J. C. Patteson in C. M. Yonge Life J. C. Patteson (1874) II. xi. 275 I am high and dry, and have..a broad ladder—up to my house. The Mahaga lads and I call it my tree-house. 1927 J. Galsworthy Castles in Spain 169 A true work of art remains beautiful and living, though an ebb tide of fashion may leave it for the moment high and dry on the beach. 1941 W. S. Maugham Writer's Notebk. (1949) 305 The river has flowed on and left him high and dry on the bank. The writer has his little hour..but an hour is soon past. 1985 Times 31 Oct. 32/5 First efforts to pull her off were unsuccessful and she remained high and dry to wait for the evening tide. 2004 Stuart (Florida) News (Nexis) 8 Oct. (Sport section) c3 I don't think we really knew how many boats we had on our waterways until we saw them high and dry in our backyards. b. figurative. Out of the current of events or progress, ‘stranded’ (sometimes with allusion to senses A. 8, A. 11, or A. 19, and to dry adj. 17). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclusiveness [phrase] > out of events or progress high and dry1831 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [phrase] > not taking part in action high and dry1881 sidelines1895 1831 Amer. Monthly Mag. (Boston) Mar. 824 The tide of the multitude has gone down. The theatre is left high and dry, like the skeleton of the mighty horse in the camp of the Dorians. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xlviii. 551 Turns his back on ev'ry thing as made his service a creditable one, and leaves me, high and dry, without a leg to stand upon. 1881 E. W. Hamilton Diary 18 June (1972) I. 146 Meanwhile, Dr. Flood's successor had been appointed, and Dr. Flood was left high and dry without preferment owing to an undoubted breach of faith on the part of Duckworth. 1907 Model Engineer 24 Oct. 406/1 I am high and dry in the country and find accumulators a nuisance. There is a colliery here from which I can get a 220-volt continuous current. 1960 Times 30 Aug. 11/6 Cella's back-heel, so deceptive, so utterly unexpected, left Rossano high and dry. 2005 Independent 16 Aug. 25/6 A community that a couple of generations ago were brought here as ‘economic migrants’, then left high and dry when the cotton mills closed. c. colloquial. Of or relating to the old High Church party within the Church of England, as distinguished from that which originated with the 19th-cent. Oxford Movement. Now historical. ΚΠ 1839 Gospel Standard Mar. 71 To us it savours too much of the barren high and dry church of England divinity; and it bears too close a resemblance to the wooden, sapless, head-knowledge doctrinalists in the church.] 1843 Times 16 Nov. 4/6 The high and dry party justly censured the so-called Evangelicals as being Dissenters in disguise. 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers 39 That party which is now scandalously called the high-and-dry church. 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 282 Principles..which went beyond that particular defence which high-and-dry men thought perfection. 1968 G. S. Haight George Eliot i. 8 Religion in the Evans family had been of the old-fashioned high-and-dry sort. 1994 P. B. Nockles Oxf. Movement in Context 40 For the Tractarians, the term ‘Anglican’ came to denote a ‘High and Dry’ form of attachment to the Church of England. 2003 S. Maughan in A. Porter Imperial Horizons of Brit. Protestant Missions 37 Strong ideals of church unity, imperial engagement, and enthusiastic activism—uncharacteristic emphases within the conventional ‘high and dry’ party. P3. on high (rarely upon high). a. In or to a height, above, aloft; spec. up to or in heaven. Cf. ahigh adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb] upc888 highOE highlyOE thereupc1000 anovenOE overOE boveOE on, upon (the) lofta1100 aloftc1175 bibufennc1175 on higha1200 abovec1225 anovenonc1300 in heighta1340 on or upon height1340 ahighc1350 outh1389 over loftc1430 aheight1477 supernally1596 lofty-like1604 sublimely1625 way up1843 thereabove1891 the world > space > direction > specific directions > [phrase] > in upward direction on higha1200 on or upon height1340 of lofta1400 on, upon (the) loft1487 the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adverb] > in Heaven in the highestOE on higha1200 abovea1325 alofta1400 within the veil1528 up there1938 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 111 (MED) Ure helende..was þis dai heued on hegh. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 95 (MED) Ðe faste hope hafð hire stede up an heih. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 11104 Hii..ladde him vpe þe tour an hei. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 708 All thinges..On hei, on lau, on land, on see. c1410 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Cambr. Dd.4.24) (1902) l. 849 Hire to disporte vp-on the banke an [c1475 Trin. Oxf. on] heigh. 1480 Cronicles Eng. (Caxton) ccxliii. sig. s8 There hir hedes were sette vpon high. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xl. D Lift vp youre eyes an hie, and considre. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cxiii. 5 The Lord our God, who dwelleth on high . View more context for this quotation 1687 J. Dryden Song St. Cecilia's Day Chorus The Trumpet shall be heard on high, The Dead shall live, the Living die. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 258 Caprea, where the Lanthorn fix'd on high Shines like a Moon through the benighted Sky, While by its Beams the wary Sailor steers. 1760 A. Murphy Desert Island iii. 56 Teach our souls To bend in love, in gratitude, and praise To the All-good on high, who thus befriends The cause of innocence. 1811 M. R. Mitford Let. 19 Apr. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. v. 131 That heart-breathed sigh Which for thy life ascends on high. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 305 From boats below, and roofs on high. 1903 A. Kautz Ink in Bloom 18 Oh, Thought, Carrier bird! To those far summits fly! This message bear nearer to God upon high. 1914 J. S. Wrightnour Rift in Cloud 63 While on high, in sunny air, swallows fly alow, or soar O'er a higher area floor. 1931 L. Binyon tr. Dante Inferno i, in Coll. Poems II. 240 For that Lord Emperor who doth reign on high..Wills not that I to his city come too nigh. 2007 L. H. Ellis tr. R. Borghini Il Reposo 194 The people are shown in different poses in appropriate scale, looking at Christ on high sending thunderbolts down at the people. b. from on high (rarely from high): from a high place or position; spec. from heaven. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [phrase] > from on high or heaven from higha1225 the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adverb] > from Heaven heavenlyOE from higha1225 celestially1593 a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 79 (MED) Adam..alihte from hehe in to lahe. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2327 Þe Amyral þat was so riche ys falle doun fram an heȝ. a1456 (a1402) J. Trevisa tr. Gospel of Nicodemus (BL Add.) f. 107 He shal visyte yowe..and comeþe frame heghe to vs þat sitteþe in derknesse. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John iii. f. cxxiij He that commeth from an hye is above all. 1531 W. Tyndale Expos. Fyrste Epist. St. Jhon Prol. sig. Aiiijv He which ever crepith..can not fal frome an hie. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) John iii. 31 He that commeth from an hye, is aboue all. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke i. 78 The dayspring from on high hath visited us. View more context for this quotation 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §832 For Raine, and other Dew, that fall from high, cannot preserue the Smell. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 116 Their Flocks Father (forc'd from high to leap) Swims down the Stream. View more context for this quotation 1747 T. Gray Ode Eton Coll. 7 Ambition This shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the Wretch from high. 1821 R. Heber in Evangelical Mag. July 316 We, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high. 1859 F. Wharton Treat. Theism 249 He forgot that to raise a pierless bridge that was to be eternal, its support must be derived from on high. 1949 N. Mitford Love in Cold Climate ii. vi. 249 Now the Boreley family consider that they have a special mandate, bestowed from on high, to deal with everything that regards the horse. 1992 Economist 29 Feb. 74/2 Managers, carrying out instructions from on high, may not know whether the farm they run is in profit or loss. 2009 Independent 22 Oct. (Life section) 9/5 It's like having God the Father come down from on high. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > with raised voice or loudly loud971 highc1225 on highc1225 highlyc1275 mainlyc1300 with full (also open) mouthc1300 alouda1325 greatly1340 ahigha1400 loudlya1400 on or upon heightc1405 on, upon (the) loftc1420 on loudc1450 in heightc1480 big1556 to the loudesta1616 full-mouthedly1681 in loud1682 stentoriously1685 trumpet-mouthed1767 at the top of one's throat1819 at the top of one's throat1819 out loud1821 stentorianly1880 c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) l. 884 Come aburh-reue..ant tus on heh cleopede: ‘O kene king!’ c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 1288 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 143 He..aros op and bi-gan to telle is tale on heiȝ [c1300 Harl. 2277 anheȝ]. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 139 (MED) Whan þis was set & stabled, & pes cried on hii, Henry þe ȝong kyng ȝede to Normundie. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 40 He herde hem..iangle, and borde of high [e] . 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ii. 62 He..called of heyghe, ‘Barons! kepe well that Reynawde scape not.’ ?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Bv Yf we call any thynge on hye The tauerner wyll answere. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 8318 Than said on heich this nobill empreour [etc.]. 1602 S. Patrick tr. I. Gentillet Disc. Wel Governing iii. xxx. 322 Every one wept for joy, and cryed on high: That assuredly the citie of Rome was most happie, invincible and eternall, by this concord. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 313 Some of the prisoners have been heard to shout on high. 1766 T. Francklin Earl of Warwick v. ii. 59 He rais'd his voice on high, And stop, he cry'd, your sacrilegious hands. 1821 R. S. Hawker Tendrils 81 With triumph spread the festal board, And shout on high the joyful lay. 1878 B. M. Ranking Bjorn & Bera ii. 70 The while he, frowning, spoke on high: ‘Ah, harlot, and my father's bane!’ ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] a great dealc1000 much dealc1225 on highc1400 little1483 good and proper1508 not smally1548 a deal1756 in a big way1840 more than somewhat1930 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. vii. l. 124 Til ich, wratth, waxe an hyh and walke with hem bothe. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adverb] barelyc950 beforeOE openlyOE nakedly?c1225 in a person's bearda1250 opelyc1275 apertly1297 commonlya1325 opena1325 overtlyc1325 pertlya1375 plainc1380 in (also on) opena1382 in apertc1384 plainlyc1390 in open (also general) audiencea1393 aperta1400 in commonaltya1400 outa1400 without laina1400 in commonc1400 publishlyc1400 pertc1410 in publicc1429 on higha1450 in pert1453 to a person's facea1470 into heightc1480 forthward?1504 but hidel?1507 publicly1534 uncolouredly1561 roundly1563 famously1570 vulgarly1602 above board1603 round1604 displayedly1611 on (also upon) the square?1611 undisguisedly1611 broadly1624 discoveredly1659 unveiledly1661 under a person's nose1670 manifestly1711 before faces1762 publically1797 overboard1834 unashamedly1905 upfront1972 a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 744 Suche on he was alle his leuyng. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > in respect of everything or part > in every respect through all thingeOE at all pointsa1375 from point to pointa1393 at all rightsc1405 in high and lowc1405 in generala1413 every incha1450 all in allc1475 at all sorts1612 all round1867 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 27098 (MED) Alle þis werld, on lagh and hei, Es nackind forwit cristis ei.] c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 816 And we wol ruled been at his deuys In heigh and logh. 1428 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 5 (MED) In hegh and lawe he submyt hym to ye grace and awarde of ye Mayr and Counsell. a1475 J. Shirley Death James (BL Add. 5467) in Miscellanea Scotica (1818) II. 8 The Lordes cosentid..yn hie and low, to mayntene all that he wold tak on hand to say. ?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. X1 verso Byas also dothe ryght well shewe, Of wrath the discommoditie: Saying that it in hygh and lowe, To counsayle is chiefe enemye. 1682 H. Care Hist. Popery IV. 42 He got to himself alone the Domination In Alto & Basso, (As Feudal Lawyers speak) in High and Low; or, absolutely in All and over All. P5. colloquial. on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope) and variants: in an elated, disdainful, or enraged mood. Now rare (only in historical contexts). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective] irrec825 gramec893 wemodc897 wrothc950 bolghenc1000 gramelyc1000 hotOE on fireOE brathc1175 moodyc1175 to-bollenc1175 wrethfulc1175 wraw?c1225 agrameda1300 wrathfula1300 agremedc1300 hastivec1300 irousa1340 wretheda1340 aniredc1350 felonc1374 angryc1380 upreareda1382 jealous1382 crousea1400 grieveda1400 irefula1400 mada1400 teena1400 wraweda1400 wretthy14.. angryc1405 errevousa1420 wrothy1422 angereda1425 passionatec1425 fumous1430 tangylc1440 heavy1452 fire angry1490 wrothsomea1529 angerful?1533 wrothful?1534 wrath1535 provoked1538 warm1547 vibrant1575 chauffe1582 fuming1582 enfeloned1596 incensed1597 choleric1598 inflameda1600 raiseda1600 exasperate1601 angried1609 exasperated1611 dispassionate1635 bristlinga1639 peltish1648 sultry1671 on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672 nangry1681 ugly1687 sorea1694 glimflashy1699 enraged1732 spunky1809 cholerous1822 kwaai1827 wrathy1828 angersome1834 outraged1836 irate1838 vex1843 raring1845 waxy1853 stiff1856 scotty1867 bristly1872 hot under the collar1879 black angry1894 spitfire1894 passionful1901 ignorant1913 hairy1914 snaky1919 steamed1923 uptight1934 broigus1937 lemony1941 ripped1941 pissed1943 crooked1945 teed off1955 ticked off1959 ripe1966 torqued1967 bummed1970 the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adverb] dignelyc1374 hautainlyc1400 deignouslyc1440 disdaininglyc1485 royally?c1500 disdainouslya1513 haughtly1523 superciliously1528 disdainishly?1529 disdainfullya1533 disdainedly1535 lordlikea1555 squeamishly1571 haughtily1572 state1579 coy1581 lordly1589 overly1610 lordlily1611 condescendingly1653 on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672 coyly1673 cavalierly1718 slightily1740 skeigh1792 patronizingly1834 Olympically1839 superiorly1844 Olympianly1871 superior1891 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > elated jollyc1305 elated1615 elevateda1640 on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672 high1695 elate1702 uppisha1704 vaudyc1720 in fine (also good, high) leg1808 exalté1831 in high snuff1840 bucked1907 thrilled1908 twitterpated1942 1672 Vindic. of Clergy 81 At length he shows upon the High Rope, and advances to the top of his design, his elaborate Description of the Vicar. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Rope Upon the High-ropes, Cock-a-hoop. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. xviii He was upon the High-Rope and began to rail at them like mad. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 27 All upon the high ropes! His uncle a Colonel! 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxi. 304 I went there the night before last, but she was quite on the high ropes about something. 1850 C. M. Yonge Henrietta's Wish vi. 76 That is what you call being on the high rope, isn't it? 1868 S. Brooks Sooner or Later II. xi. 116 If they were not all on the high ropes the thing might be settled quietly enough, but Haslop believes her an angel, and Dormer won't let her know what is said. 1944 G. Heyer Friday's Child xiii. 140 Mr Ringwood agreed that when George was in his high ropes there was no knowing at all what mad act he would take it into his head to commit. P6. high priori adj. [a humorous alteration of a priori adv., originally (in high priori road) after high road n.] (of a method of reasoning, an assumption, etc.) lofty, unfounded. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [adverb] presumptively1593 presumably1658 antecedently1668 high priori1742 presumedly1848 assumedly1881 sans dire1881 assumably1883 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adjective] > assuming loftiness high priori1742 priori1762 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 463 We nobly take the high Priori Road. 1790 R. Porson Lett. to Travis vii. 163 Thus far I have thought fit to take the high priori road of reasoning; that if I have any attentive readers..they may learn to weigh the probabilities of an assertion before they agree to its truth. 1851 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 3) I. iii. 209 I am unable to see why we should be..constrained to travel the ‘high priori road’ by the arbitrary fiat of logicians. 1873 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 420 The days when mind was considered exclusively the domain of theologians and metaphysicians, and mental diseases were treated according to ‘high priori’ notions instead of medical science. 1923 Jrnl. Philos. 20 141 The purely logical approach to metaphysical problems is somewhat out of fashion. High priori grounds and necessary being are threatened with banishment. 1987 D. G. Marshall in G. H. Hartman Unremarkable Wordsworth Introd. p. viii Close reading again proved its validity against ‘high priori’ historicism. P7. on the high horse: see horse n. 24b. P8. colloquial (chiefly U.S.) to be in high cotton (also clover) and variants: to live well; to prosper, be well off; to be in a comfortable or advantageous position; cf. to live (or be) in clover at clover n. 3. ΚΠ 1840 Sun (Baltimore) 2 June 1/4 Whenever she married she would immediately reap the benefit of it in sugar and old rum. Three weeks I spent in high clover. 1848 N.Y. Herald 4 Mar. 1/4 There were letters received from him in town a day or two since, from Candella, stating that he was doing well and in high clover. 1915 Amer. Artisan & Hardware Rec. 20 Mar. 15/2 That was the time when the industrial promoter was in high clover. 1933 Port Arthur (Texas) News 12 Dec. 8/1 Sabine district grid fans are lollin' in high cotton this week—with two championship football contests on the calendar. 1975 J. Nazel Shakedown i. 26 After tomorrow night, we'll both be able to take it easy. We'll be walking in high cotton. 1998 Washington Times (Electronic ed.) 23 July Courier was livin' in high clover in the early '90s. 2005 T. L. Rioux From Sawdust to Stardust vii. 116 If the westerns kept doing well or if he could get a television series of his own, then the Kelleys would be in high cotton. P9. Originally U.S. colloquial. how is that for high?: an exclamation inviting admiration. Now somewhat rare. [Perhaps with allusion to the high in all fours or similar games (see sense B. 6), but popularized in a song (see quot. 18691).] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > expressions of commendation [interjection] > inviting commendation how is that for high?1869 sock it to me (them, etc.)!1963 1869 Billy Emerson's Oh! How is that for High? (sheet music) 4 A charming girl this afternoon, I saw come tripping by, And as I looked she winked at me, Oh! how is that for High? 1869 Plymouth (Indiana) Weekly Democrat 11 Feb. Three concerts in Chicago brought her $8,000. How's that for high? 1870 Harvard Advocate 25 Nov. 54/1 ‘Sic semper stultibus’, is what a worthy member of '73 stuck on to a Freshman's door, after putting himself to the trouble..of tearing down said Fresh's card. How's that for high? 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin xviii. 315 ‘How's that for high, boys?’ concluded the narrator, when he had told his tale. ‘That's on top,’ declared Black Jack; ‘that takes the cake.’ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vii. [Aeolus] 119 What about that, Simon?..How's that for high? 2004 T. Fleming Passionate Girl (2009) 417 At the end of each week, I send Dick Connolly a list of the men. Sometimes with a little description of what we did. How's that for high? P10. slang high as a kite: exceptionally elated, euphoric; very drunk or under the influence of an illicit drug or drugs. Cf. sense A. 19. Cf. also earlier as high as a kite at high adv. Phrases 1. ΚΠ 1903 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 210/2 All wrapped up in my hopes, and feeling as high as a kite, I seek in Hankow the fisherman to whom I had attached the learned Mandarin's poor little son. 1938 Catal. Copyright Entries (U.S. Copyright Office) 33 131/2 (title of song) I'm high as a kite..Sid Bass. a1966 M. Allingham Cargo of Eagles (1968) iv. 54 He..gave them a champagne lunch in a marquee..and held a sale. By then everyone was as high as a kite. 2004 Voice 22 Mar. (24 Seven section) 10/3 But social dancing—you give me a little shandy, I'll get high as a kite and I will dance you under the table! < as lemmas |
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