| 单词 | on the wrong side of the post |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the wrong side of the post ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > [phrase] on the right side of the post1728 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adverb] > in a wrong way, amiss on missc1225 overthwarta1382 a-crookc1500 awrya1513 wide?1529 astray1535 across1559 bias1600 outa1641 beside the bridge1652 on the wrong side of the post1728 abroad1806 off1843 way off1882 off beam1941 up the boohai?1946 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iv. i. 64 He takes me..into the Lobby [to vote];..but..I was got o' th' wrong side the Post. 1730 J. Cheny Hist. List Horse-matches 35 The three..run all on the wrong side a Post. 1796 J. Aikin & A. L. Barbauld Evenings at Home V. 119 At length,..Young Peer [sc. a race-horse] ran on the wrong side of the post, was distanced, and the squire ruined. 1803 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress (ed. 2) IV. 94 On the right side of the Post. 1814 Family Politics iii. iv, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 224 I find I am on the wrong side of the post; I must flatter a little. 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne II. x. 90 Though they may possibly go astray, they have a fair chance given to them of running within the posts. 1871 A. Trollope Sir Harry Hotspur xviii. 232 She is..as sure to go the right side of the post as any girl in the world. < as lemmas |
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