| 单词 | on, upon the back of |
| 释义 | > as lemmason, upon the back of d. on, upon the back of: weighing upon as a burden or incubus; falling upon as an assailant. Also colloquial, harassing, annoying. So get off my back: stop harassing or annoying me. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [adverb] grievously1303 teenfullya1375 griefc1400 infestuously1604 on, upon the back of1608 pesteringly1657 harassingly1822 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [phrase] > falling as a burden on on, upon the back of1608 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 38 I haue yeares on my backe fortie eight. View more context for this quotation 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. vii. 54 No sooner obtains he a Commission against a Child of God, but presently he is upon his Back. 1776 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 100 We shall have all the powers of Europe on our backs. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland vii. 118 Rather too much to have another [priest]..on their backs. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 4 ‘I'm never off his back,’ i.e. I'm always watching and correcting him. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee x. 120 I should have had the Established Roman Catholic Church on my back in a minute. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. viii. 157 They're on your back, they (usually officers) are overworking you, demanding too much. 1956 A. Miller Mem. Two Mondays in Coll. Plays (1958) 349 So I buy a car, and they're all on my back—how'd I dare buy a car! 1959 J. Cary Captive & Free xxxiv. 146 Well, I didn't want to get into trouble and I didn't want to have him on my back either. 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xl. 414 Then stop picking on me, will you? Get off my back, will you? 1968 P. Marlowe Hire me a Hearse ix. 120 If you had tried, Wilma would have phoned Peregrine Porter and told him to get you off her back. on, upon the back (of) e. on, upon the back (of): (position) behind, in the rear (obsolete): (motion) close behind. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > at the back of or behind [preposition] afterOE in (also on) the rearward of1591 in (also at, within) (the) rear of1604 on, upon the back (of)1614 back of1694 rearward1778 behind1882 in back ofa1910 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [phrase] > following closely at (also on, upon, in) a person's heelsc1300 at the back ofc1430 on, upon the back (of)1614 1614 in W. Camden Remaines (ed. 2) 233 On the backe, they make men seeme women. 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 437 Upon the back of these came a thousand. 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim As soon as they had the house on their backs and were come into the open air. 1734 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 564 Several of the Inhabitants on the back of our Mountains. 1783 E. Burke Speech Fox's E. India Bill in Wks. (1842) I. 293 Another reform has since come upon the back of the first. 1885 N.E.D. at Back Mod. The child took the measles, and then on the back of that came scarlatina. < as lemmas |
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