| 单词 | on toast |
| 释义 | > as lemmason toast c. on toast, served up on a slice of toast. Also figurative. had on toast (slang), done, swindled; to have (one) on toast (colloquial), to have (a person) at one's mercy or ‘where one wants him’; to subject to anxiety; also with other verbs. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > have complete control over windc1374 to bring (a person) above the thumb1469 to have to mastery1480 to have at one's beck1530 to turn and wind1557 to bring any one to, or have him at, one's bent1575 to turn over the thumb1603 to lead in a stringc1616 to hold at school1647 to wind (a person, etc.) round one's (little) finger1698 to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748 to twist (a person) round one's finger1780 to play with ——1827 to have (one) on toast1886 to have (got) by the balls1918 to have the wood onc1926 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- 1842 R. H. Barham St. Medard in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 281 A delicate roast..Dress'd like a Woodcock, and serv'd on toast. 1886 St. James's Gaz. 6 Nov. (Farmer) The High Court..took judicial cognizance of a quaint and pleasing modern phrase..‘to be had on toast’. 1889 D. C. Murray & H. Murray Dangerous Catspaw 273 We've got him now on toast. 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt viii. 173 Thinking he had got us fairly on toast, he meant to blackmail us pretty freely. 1896 B. L. Farjeon Betrayal of John Fordham iii. 288 ‘It's my night,’ I sed. ‘Didn't I tell yer? I've got 'im on toast.’ 1916 E. F. Benson David Blaize xiv. 285 To think that half an hour ago that little squirt thought he had us on toast. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 127 But Tolstoi was a traitor To the Russia that needed him most... He shifted his job on to the peasants And landed them all on toast. 1942 ‘R. Crompton’ William carries On v. 119 Well, let's have 'em on toast for a bit wonderin' what's happened to him. 1964 J. Creasey Guilt of Innocence xvii. 151 I think the time has come to tell the Press we want to interview him... That will get 'em both on toast. 1981 ‘J. Ashford’ Loss of ‘Culion’ xix. 151 ‘You've been positively identified by Mr Barnard.’.. ‘Then he's having you on toast.’ ‘He has no reason for lying.’ < as lemmas |
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