| 单词 | on the peg |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the peg c. slang (originally and chiefly Military). on the peg: on a charge, under arrest; (more generally) in trouble with authority. Cf. peg v. 15. Now rare. the peg (rare): the fact of being put on a charge. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > under arrest [phrase] under (an) arrestc1386 on the peg1888 1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 26 Whin I am servin' my time, I'm undher the Articles av War, an' can be whipped on the peg for thim. 1916 D. Hankey Student in Arms iii. 51 The corporal..announced that if he did not go in two minutes he would ‘put him on the peg’, which means report him to the captain for refusing to obey an order. 1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/1 ‘On the peg’, to be charged with a ‘crime’. ‘You'll be for it’, the sergeant's threat of ‘the peg’. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 53 Peg, on the, in trouble, on the mat. 1942 A. Lewis in A. Richards Penguin Bk. Welsh Short Stories (1976) 55 The snoop has pegged you for being out of camp last night when you were on duty. I'm on the peg, too. < as lemmas |
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