单词 | one's bread is baked |
释义 | > as lemmasone's bread is baked Phrases P1. one's bread is baked. a. One is done for; one is ruined or finished. Cf. to cook one's goose at goose n. 1d. Now rare (Irish English in later use).It is not clear whether the later Irish English use is a continuation of the earlier use, or is a development from Phrases 1b.Quot. 1807 may belong at Phrases 1b, but it seems more likely to belong here, as it refers to an Irish speaker. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [phrase] > done for one's bread is bakedc1380 it is all dicky (with)1788 down the tube(s)1963 down the gurgler1981 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 577 For euere my bred had be bake myn lyf dawes had be tynt. 1807 Sporting Mag. Oct. 16/2 When it was announced to the witty Curran, that he was appointed Master of the Rolls, his immediate reply was, ‘Then my bread's baked.’ 1831 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland 199 He made a dart out o' bed, and run over to the door, and got betune it and the fox; and ‘now,’ says he, ‘your bread's baked, my buck.’ 1845 W. Carleton Art Maguire 214 Maybe..I may find it necessary to vex him, an' if I do, remember you won't let him get at me, or my bread's baked. 2002 Irish News (Nexis) 2 Feb. 8 If a man was dying, the neighbours would say ‘His bread is baked’. ΚΠ 1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iii. 22 I'll tell ye Baws,—I've laid a Plot, That only wants your casting Vote, And if you'll gie't, your Bread is baken. 1752 Pref. p. ix in A. Pitcairn Assembly (new ed.) He is as comical in giving the Communion; for lately, at Cramond, he clapt a Bit of Bread in his next Neighbour's Hand, and said, Saint, eat this, and your Bread's baken. 1822 Sc. Haggis 150 He appeared..in the market, jumping and louping about, exclaiming, ‘God be prais'd, I've found it! I've found it! my bread's baken! my bread's baken!’ ΚΠ 1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast iii. f. 390v But (as the prouerbe is) looke howe you haue brewed, so must you bake. 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 150 I Should do very imprudently, In a contest of this high nature..Either to meddle or to make: But as they brew, so let 'um bake. 1804 M. Edgeworth Rosanna vii, in Pop. Tales (1813) I. 283 I warned you not to fall in love with an Irishwoman, to which I told you I could never give my consent. As you bake so you must brew. 1922 S. J. Weyman Ovington's Bank xxiii. 245 Who but a fool would ha' signed such an agreement? No, you may go, my lad. As you ha' brewed you may bake! P3. U.S. baked in the cake: inevitable or unavoidable as a result of existing circumstances, attitudes, etc. ΚΠ 1978 Tampa (Florida) Tribune 14 Oct. 5 b/1 We'll certainly get a recession in 1980... It's baked in the cake. 2017 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram (Nexis) 24 Sept. 35 Every woman who has mustered the courage to run knows that her gender will be targeted in the campaign, in the election and while she's in office. Sexism is baked in the cake. < as lemmas |
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