单词 | other side |
释义 | other siden.ΚΠ c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 299 Ȝet alured seide an oþer syde A word þat is isprunge wide. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 2383 I..preie yow That ye wole axe on other side If ther be eny point of Pride, Wherof it nedeth to be schrive. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 13038 On oþer side was hir ful wa, If sco suld part king herod fra. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) 401 (MED) With his [sc. Oedipus's] swerd, his fader shal be slawe..On whiche thyng the kyng gan sore muse, And cast he wolde, on that other side, Agayn her doom for hym-silf provide. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxix The duke of Orleance on the otherside beyng highly set vp in pride. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 251 I haue such trust in you..: and on the otherside I haue such trust in the king. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 61 But on the other side, he must not use superfluous words. 1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 119 Wee then on the otherside would bee willinge, to depute also certain personages of qualite. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §902 Men are to be Admonished, on the other side, that [etc.]. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 4 One losse follow another; on the otherside, your wise men say, That it is a great ease to a grieued soule. 1684 E. Ravenscroft Dame Dobson v. ii. 58 But on the otherside, The Lady would be very loath to quarrel with him if it be so, that he loves no body but her. 1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. II. 67 As on the one side, Reason discovers it to be fit, that Man should be Immortal; so on the other side [etc.]. 2. With the. The enemy, the opposing side. (In quot. 1916: enemy territory.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent > one's opponent(s) counterparty1557 wrong side1649 other side1653 1653 Clarke Papers (2005) V. 121 The parties and factions here on both sides do very much embroyle with great violence one against another, the party of Orange having the favour of the people of France, of Denmark and all the monarchies. How can the otherside subsist without a peace with England? 1704 D. Defoe Ess. Regulation Press 12 To give their Friends a full liberty of Affirming, and to refuse the other Side the liberty of Replying. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux I. vi. 47 I thought Mr. Slide and the People's Banner had gone over to the other side, Bunce? 1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xxii. 212 A moment later the other side would be all yells and cheers. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xiv. 259 Their expeditions to that region known as ‘the other side’, for the express purpose of discomforting the Hun. 1967 B. Norman Matter of Mandrake xxv. 211 There was a change of plan... The Other Side was becoming too worried. 1986 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 14 June 5 Parliament must adjourn so that members on the other side of the House can go hunting. 1991 G. Slovo Betrayal xxix. 269 [He] had turned tail, gone over to the other side. 3. With the. The afterlife; the spirit world, the abode of the dead. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > future state other worldOE worldOE everlastingnessa1382 futurity1741 other sidea1822 happy hunting-ground(s)1826 Silent Land1826 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 220 So he passed over, and the Trumpets sounded for him on the other side. View more context for this quotation] a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III Prol. in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 237/2 He who has O'er the grave been forced to pass To the other side. 1897 E. D'Espérance (title) Shadow land; or, Light from the other side. 1926 A. Conan Doyle Hist. Spiritualism I. viii. 187 The sharp detail which we receive from the Other Side is incompatible with any vague grandiose idea of the sort. 1945 A. Huxley Time must have Stop (new ed.) vi. 66 Are they still obese on the other side? I'd like to ask next time you have a séance. 1960 M. Spark Bachelors ii. 22 When Patrick's under the control I shouldn't think he could help saying what comes to him from the other side. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! iv. 23 Must be dead comforting to know you've got it all buttoned up on the Other Side, to sit here in a crummy Beetle completely at ease with the shuddersome prospect of Eternal Life. 4. With the. a. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand slang. Any place, esp. a state or country, separated from the speaker by a border, sea, etc., or by a great distance. Cf. tothersider n. at tother pron. and adj. Compounds.In quot. ?1747 with reference to Southwark (from the perspective of a North Londoner). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > with reference to another region other side1827 ?1747 Key to Flash Dialogue in Life & Char. Moll King 24 T'other Side, Southwark.] 1827 Tasmanian 24 May 2 The districts, at the other side, require a Pastor like Mr. Robinson. 1855 W. Howitt Land, Labour & Gold ii. 362 Scenery precisely like hundreds of miles which I have seen ‘on the other side’, as they call Victoria, and as the Victorians call Van Diemen's Land. 1884 A. Cox Recoll. 125 I ax your pardon, zur, but were you ever at the Yan Yean works over the other side? 1900 R. Bruse Benbonuna (1904) 189 The kettle (‘billies’ had not then come over from the other side—i.e., Victoria) hung from one of the chain-hooks. 1917 ‘Pegasus’ So Drover Said 13 A man whose life they said was under a ban For a crime on the ‘other side’. 1952 J. R. Skemp Memories Myrtle Bank 221 Quite a number went ‘over the other side’, as the Australian mainland is rather ambiguously described by Tasmanians. b. colloquial. With reference to the Atlantic Ocean: North America as regarded by Western Europe, esp. Britain, and vice versa. Now rare. ΚΠ 1884 Naturalist's World Sept. 155/2 Canadian Postal Science College..is a society which has grown up very rapidly ‘on the other side’. 1899 W. D. Howells Their Silver Wedding Journey I. xi. 92 It's something we'll have to get used to on the other side. 1928 P. G. Wodehouse Money for Nothing vii. 129 There's dozens of people on the other side who'll buy it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1275 |
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