| 单词 | on the mat |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the mat P2. colloquial (originally British Military). on the mat: in trouble with authority; due to be severely reprimanded. Cf. on the carpet at carpet n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > in adversity [phrase] on the gridiron1590 under a cloudc1605 down the weather1611 up the (also a) pole1897 on the mat1917 1898 Pearson's Mag. Oct. 372/2 [Close to the medical officer's desk is a thick padded carpet about a yard square.] The sergeant..shouts with military brevity: ‘On to the mat, John Smith.’] 1917 A. G. Empey Over Top 302 On the mat, when Tommy is hauled before his commanding officer to explain why he has broken one of the seven million King's regulations for the government of the Army. 1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/1 ‘He's on the mat’ means the same [as ‘He's for the high jump’]; the pre-war orderly room was furnished with a piece of carpet, in the exact centre of which the accused stood. 1949 J. R. Cole It was so Late 62 Then I was on the mat again. Now it seems a wonder I kept out of trouble as long as I did. 1973 J. Thomson Death Cap x. 136 Mrs Holbrook had been given the impression that she was on the mat in front of her husband's superior officer. < as lemmas |
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