| 单词 | on the bottle |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the bottle Phrases P1. the bottles of heaven (also †rain, †the clouds) [after Hebrew niḇlē šāmayīm, plural noun (Job 38:37)] : rain clouds.With reference to Job 38:37 (see quot. 1560). ΚΠ 1560 Bible (Geneva) Job xxxviii. 37 Who can cause to cease the bottels of heauen? 1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered iii. 13 The bottles of the clowdes, as Iob calleth them. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iv. §2. 64 The aire is often cleare, and those bottles of rain are not alwayes there. a1677 I. Barrow Brief Expos. Creed (1697) 23 The wide Seas..supply the bottles of heaven with water. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 91 If God ‘seal up the Bottles of Heaven’..the best manured Plot becomes a barren Desart. 1799 W. Huntington Corr. Noctua Aurita & Philomela xxviii. 136 It hath stopped the bottles of heaven for three years and six months. 1826 Maryland Gaz. & State Reg. 18 May 2/1 Our showers fall in such torrents, that one would think the bottles of heaven were broken, not unstopped. 1860 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 24 Dec. At 11 o'clock, the heavenly bottles being corked up for awhile..the crowd dispersed. 1883 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 24 Feb. 1/1 He is a rare hand at pulling down, disestablishing, and disendowing, but he has no power over the bottles of Heaven. 1954 Sunday Tribune (Albert Lea, Minn.) 5 Sept. 4/2 Lately in this garden spot of the earth we haven't had much worry about staying the bottles of heaven. P2. Proverb. to pour new wine into old bottles and variants [with allusion to Matthew 9:17 and Mark 2:22 (see quots. c13841, c13842)] : to use a previously accepted or established idea, system, etc., as a vehicle for introducing a new one, usually with negative results. ΚΠ OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 17 Ne hig ne doð niwe win on ealde bytta [L. utres]; gyf hi doð, þa bytta beoþ tobrocene. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. ix. 17 Nether men senden newe wijne in to olde botelis..ellis the wijn vessels ben broken, and the wijn is shed out. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark ii. 22 No man sendith newe wyn in to oold botelis..ellis the wyn shal berste the wyn vesselis.] 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlv. 366 These old empty Bottles of Gentilisme, which the Doctors of the Romane Church..have filled up again with the new Wine of Christianity. 1712 Acct. Damnable Prizes Old Nicks Lottery iv. 34 Putting new Wine into old Bottles..they alter'd the Object of their Worship, but not the Form of it. 1769 W. Hart Brief Remarks Number of False Propositions 50 This blundering mixture of new orthodoxy with the old, only serves to spoil both; it is..like putting new wine into old bottles. 1832 Metropolitan Oct. 115 Emancipation, thus conducted, was but the pouring of new wine into old bottles. 1898 E. von Arnim Elizabeth & her German Garden 110 Though the year and the resolutions may be new, I myself am not, and it is worse than useless putting new wine into old bottles. 1948 A. Toynbee Civilization on Trial vi. 114 The new wines of industrialism and democracy have been poured into old bottles and they have burst the old bottles beyond repair. 2010 S. Y. Minkov Francis Bacon's Inq. Touching Human Nature vi. 125 Bacon pours new wine into old bottles, pretending he's returning to the ancients when in fact he's presenting his own, non-ancient thoughts. P3. over a (or the) bottle: while drinking alcohol, esp. in the company of friends, or in other social contexts; cf. over prep. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adverb] > while drinking over a (or the) bottle1612 1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares v. sig. K Are they here still? here beleeue it both most wofully weeping ouer the bottle. 1673 T. Shadwell Epsom-Wells i. i. 3 I will converse with grave fellows in their Books; but with such as thou art over a bottle. 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. iv. 129 Most of his performances were produced over a bottle. 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 20/2 Those hours..which others consume in the chace or over the bottle. 1807 Salmagundi 13 Feb. 40 It is excessively pleasant to hear a couple of these four-in-hand gentlemen detail their exploits over a bottle. 1823 J. C. Robertson & T. Byerley Percy Anecd. XVII. 33 He was not a little surprised to find his predecessor in office, with a jolly set of companions, over a bottle. 1904 G. C. Wiliamson G. Morland (1907) vii. 91 He did very little work at the Garrick Head, spending most of his time over the bottle. 1957 R. Speirs & H. Kundzins tr. K. Lesins Wine of Eternity 5 He ran into two woodcutters who were just starting to get warm over a bottle. 2011 M. Knights Devil in Disguise i. 32 The..nudges and winks between Marshall's friends..over a bottle the night of her death. P4. to take to the bottle: to start drinking alcohol, esp. heavily and habitually; cf. to hit the bottle at hit v. 23b. ΚΠ 1682 A. Oldys Fair Extravagant 13 At last he bethought himself, and takes to the Bottle. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. x. 42 I took to the bottle, and tried to tipple away my cares. 1855 Bentley's Misc. 37 576 Poor M. Herzen tried to forget his sufferings by taking to the bottle. 1916 Theatre Mag. Dec. 355 He takes to the bottle and sinks lower and lower in drink. 1978 J. Lees-Milne Diary 21 Dec. in Through Wood & Dale (2001) 299 Allowances must be made for him for losing his two sons... He..took to the bottle. 2007 M. Richards Growing Wild on Exmoor 22 The worries were manufactured to give him another excuse to take to the bottle. P5. in bottle: in a bottle or bottles; spec. (of wine or another alcoholic drink) having been aged for a (specified) number of years in the bottle (cf. bottle-aged adj. at Compounds 8). ΚΠ 1721 C. Morris Diary 6 July (1934) 87 I..gave them 3 Bottles of my Beer..which were 9 yeare old, & 8 year in Bottle. 1841 J. S. Knowles Old Maids ii. i. 30 The wine was good... Three years in wood, in bottle thrice that time. 1866 Wine Trade Rev. 19 May 76/1 Public Sale of Choice Wines in Bottle. 1968 Times 23 May 33/5 Wines of above Auslese quality..will go on developing in bottle for years to come. 1991 Wine Spectator 15 May 8 (advt.) The 1979 Quinta da Cavadinha..is ready for drinking..after eight years in bottle. 2008 Oxf. Wine Company Mag. Summer 14/2 ‘Gran Reserva’ [Rioja] wines have been aged at least two years in oak and three years in bottle. P6. a. a bottle of smoke: an impossible, illusory, or evanescent thing or (occasionally) person; something without substance, a chimera.In quot. 1787, with reference to Psalm 119:83, ‘For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes’ (King James Bible). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell lies [verb (intransitive)] lie971 leasec1000 triflec1305 gabc1330 fablec1525 fitten1577 falsify1629 Cretize1655 a bottle of smoke1787 wrinkle1819 blague1883 1787 W. Huntington Mod. Plasterer Detected 105 As there is nothing in your heart but confusion and rebellion against God, you are justly compared to a bottle of smoke. 1811 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 5 Oct. The business is certainly past a joke, But at present it seems a bottle of smoke. 1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year III. ii. 72 His learned friend's case was one of the most trumpery that had ever come before a committee—a mere bottle of smoke. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxxiv. 287 So much for my romance of love! It had ended in a bottle of smoke. 2013 Sunday Independent (Nexis) 7 Apr. 21 He is the dark matter at the heart of the story: a bottle of smoke, a construct of secrets and lies. ΚΠ 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxxiv. 299 To keep up the pretence as a labor, and study, and patience..and all the rest of it—in short to pass the bottle of smoke, according to rule. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxxiv. 299 To help myself in my turn..and pass the bottle of smoke. P7. colloquial. no (also not much) bottle: no good, useless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > useless [phrase] of no valure1483 no (also not much) bottle1846 not much cop1902 no dice1931 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 76 She thought it would be no bottle, cos her rival could go in a buster. 1931 W. F. Brown in Police Jrnl. Oct. 501 When he got up the steps, he had a mouthpiece who was no bottle. 1935 L. Golding Camberwell Beauty vii. 153 Palermo was a rotten hole. Sicily was not much bottle either. 1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing x. 256 ‘What's 'is bunce? Tell 'im, Knocker.’ Knocker brought out some money... ‘Not much bottle. A nicker, half a bar.’ 2004 J. Denby Billie Morgan xxxiii. 266 Wot yer think of that Yank brew then, Mick, piss weak ter my mind, still, that's Yanks fer yer, int it, no bottle—get it? Get it? P8. on the bottle. a. Also on a bottle. With reference to feeding a baby or young animal: by means of a feeding bottle; on a bottle-feeding regime. Cf. sense 1d. ΚΠ 1851 Spirit of Times 3 May 123/2 Situation wanted. As Dry Nurse... Can take a baby from its birth..and understands feeding them on the bottle. 1899 Med. Visitor 1 Oct. 596 I dread to bring another baby into the world, to be reared on a bottle. 1908 Harper's Mag. June 50/1 She's well now, ain't she, and is bringin' up the baby on a bottle? 1909 Amer. Sheep Breeder Apr. 245/1 Raising orphan lambs on the bottle means warm milk from the fresh cow. 2005 A. Manne Motherhood xii. 270 Put the baby straight on the bottle and be back at work. b. With reference to alcohol consumption: drinking heavily, esp. habitually. Cf. sense 3. ΚΠ 1958 H. W. Coray Deep Thunder xvi. 110 He's back on the bottle, then? 1966 Pacific Hist. Rev. 35 360 After five years on the bottle, he reformed and became an ardent temperance advocate. 1976 Daily Mirror 18 Mar. 9/3 Watch that daily tipple, ladies. You could end up on the bottle. 1989 K. Smith Inside Time xxxii. 177 Went on the bottle, mournful maudlin and bloody Irish angry. 2007 D. Coupland Gum Thief 195 He's been on the bottle big time lately, like we don't notice. P9. bottle and spoon n. (in the West Indies) an improvised percussion instrument consisting of a glass bottle, empty or partially filled with water, which is struck with a metal spoon.Often (and in earliest use) attributive. ΚΠ 1911 Mirror (Trinidad) 28 Feb. 7 in L. Winer Dict. Eng./Creole Trinidad & Tobago (2009) 116/1 A pleasant feature was the increase of string bands and the decrease of tinpans, bamboo, graters, and bottle and spoon bands. 1957 N.Y. Times 21 Apr. 192 There were ten men,..an occasional woman . They played bass drum, kettle drum, flute,..bottle and spoon, clarinet, banjo. 1974 Sunday Advocate-News (Barbados) 3 Feb. 13/7 The programme is dedicated to the composers of the early tent brigade; men who made music with ‘Cuatro, bottle and spoon’. 2010 M. Munro Different Drummers ii. 115 Further rhythmic variety was provided by the bottle and spoon players. < as lemmas |
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