| 单词 | out of pocket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout of pocket c. U.S. out of pocket: out of reach, absent, unavailable. ΚΠ 1908 ‘O. Henry’ Buried Treasure in Ainslee's July 69/2 Just now she is out of pocket. And I shall find her as soon as I can. 1946 Sunday Times-Signal (Zanesville, Ohio) 12 May i. 7/1 [They] told citizens here that somebody was ‘out of pocket’ in Bowie and Miller counties the nights of the killings, and urged them to recall whether anyone they knew was missing on those dates. 1973 J. Peterson Sicilian Slaughter 53 Her hands shook as she dialed. But her connection was out of pocket. 1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 20 Apr. 1 a/1 If you..have ever been sick and the only doctor is out of pocket for the weekend, then you know we need more doctors. 2002 A. Phillips Prague iii. viii. 229 Five-day weekend for me, Charlie, starting in eighteen minutes. I'll be out of pocket until Tuesday. out of pocket a. out of pocket: out of funds; worse off financially (by some transaction). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money to the boneOE silverlessc1325 pennilessc1330 moneylessc1400 impecunious1596 crossless1600 penceless1605 unmoneyed1606 coinless1614 emptya1643 out of pocket1679 money-bound1710 broke1716 embarrassed1744 stiver cramped1785 plackless1786 taper1789 poundlessa1794 shillingless1797 unpennied1804 fundless1809 impecuniary1814 hard up1821 soldier-thighed1825 cashless1833 stiverless1839 fly-blown1853 strapped1857 stick1859 tight1859 stone-broke1886 stony1886 oofless1888 stony-broke1890 motherless1906 penny-pinched1918 skinned1924 skint1925 on the beach1935 potless1936 boracic1959 uptight1967 brassic1982 1679 R. L'Estrange Hist. Plot 53 He was Seven hundred pounds out of pocket. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour ii. i. 11 But agad I'm a little out of pocket at present. 1737 J. Logan Let. 25 July in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 319 The proprietors..complain they are yet out of pocket by it. 1787 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) I. 212 If she goes soon he will still be out of pocket by the Appointment. 1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) Ded. 6 I shall be pounds out of pocket by my conscientious refusal. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. iv. 74 I am out of pocket for my expenses. 1919 Observer 3 Aug. 7/6 A miner would rather be ten shillings out of pocket by not doing a day's work than earn ten shillings and pay 2/4d. of it as income tax. 2002 Which? Feb. 5/2 Out of pocket and upset, Caroline complained to Corgi, expecting it to take action. < as lemmas |
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