| 单词 | on the shelf |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the shelf d. fig. phrases. on the shelf: extracted from shelfn.1 (a) On one side, out of the way, in a position or state of inactivity or uselessness; esp. to lay (put, etc.) on the shelf, also †to set on shelf. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > in a state of inactivity [phrase] > out of action out of order1530 out of commission1533 on the shelfa1577 out of action1703 out of blast1832 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > not in use [phrase] > disused out of ure1553 on the shelfa1577 a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. C.ij in Whole Wks. (1587) Ioue in heauen would smile to see Diana set on shelfe. 1815 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XII. 379 Alava would then be laid upon the shelf, if he had not his situation here to return to. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master viii. 8 He's ever since been on the shelf. 1831 J. W. Croker in J. Boswell Life Johnson I. 118 (note) [Quoting J. W. Croker, an. 1740] His friend General Oglethorpe, who, after acquittal by a court-martial, was (to use a vulgar but expressive phrase) put upon the shelf. 1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. vi. 170 The question of Parliamentary Reform could not be perpetually kept upon the shelf. 1893 B. Harraden Ships that Pass i. vii Because your career has been checked, and because you have been put on the shelf. (b) Of women: without prospects of marrying. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [adverb] > without prospects of marrying on the shelf1839 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [adverb] > without prospect of marrying on the shelf1839 1839 T. Hood I'm not Single Man v Mamma, who praises her own self, Instead of Jane or Ann, And lays ‘her girls’ upon the shelf. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II On the shelf, said of ladies when too old to get married. 1893 Academy 25 Nov. 460/3 A worn-out flirt who has run through her chances in the matrimonial market and who is..on the shelf. (c) slang. In pawn. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [phrase] > in pawn at pawn1431 in pop1819 in (occasionally the) hock1859 on the shelf1859 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 91 On the shelf, pawned. < as lemmas |
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