单词 | put in the pot |
释义 | > as lemmasput in the pot P3. to go to (†the) pot: (originally) †to be cooked or eaten, to be cut in pieces like meat for the pot (obsolete); (now figurative and colloquial) to be ruined or destroyed, to deteriorate, to go to pieces. So †to bring (also send) to (the) pot (obsolete), †put in the pot (obsolete), etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > be destroyed, ruined, or come to an end losec888 fallOE forlesea1225 perishc1275 spilla1300 to go to wreche13.. to go to the gatec1330 to go to lostc1374 miscarryc1387 quenchc1390 to bring unto, to fall into, to go, put, or work to wrakea1400 mischieve?a1400 tinea1400 to go to the devilc1405 bursta1450 untwindc1460 to make shipwreck1526 to go to (the) pot1531 to go to wreck (and ruin)a1547 wrake1570 wracka1586 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 to lie in the dusta1591 mischief1598 to go (etc.) to rack (and ruin)1599 shipwreck1607 suffera1616 unravel1643 to fall off1684 tip (over) the perch1699 to do away with1769 to go to the dickens1833 collapse1838 to come (also go) a mucker1851 mucker1862 to go up1864 to go to squash1889 to go (to) stramash1910 to go for a burton1941 to meet one's Makera1978 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. lxvijv Then goeth a parte of litle flocke to potte and the rest scather. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 116 The riche & welthie of his subjectes went dayly to the potte, & wer chopped up. 1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 66 They that pertayne to God,..they must goe to the potte, they muste suffer here accordying to that scripture. 1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. B3v All that hee can get or borrow goeth to the pot. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 120 The Sea-men..resolv'd, the Passengers should be drest and eaten, before any of them should goe to the Pot. c1680 E. Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism in Wks. (1716) I. ii. 158 Poor Thorp, Lord Chief Justice, went to Pot, in plain English, he was Hang'd. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 506 For if the Agrigentines had met with them, they [sc. the letters of Phalaris] had certainly gone to pot. 1708 W. King Art of Cookery 12 Every thing that every Soldier got, Fowl, Bacon, Cabbage, Mutton, and what not, Was all thrown into Bank, and went to Pot. 1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Expostulatory Odes xii. 41 Thousands will smile to see him go to pot. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang (at cited word) ‘Put in the pot’, said of a man who is let into a certain loss—of a wager, of his liberty or life. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Feb. 4/2 If it were to save the whole empire from going to pot, nobody would stay at home. 1889 Cornhill Mag. July 46 For the potato is really going to pot... Constitutional disease and the Colorado beetle have preyed too long upon its delicate organism. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xxv. 205 Evie heard of her father's engagement when she was in for a tennis tournament, and her play went simply to pot. 1953 E. Simon Past Masters ii. 81 Discipline's gone all to pot at the camp. 1979 Truck & Bus Transportation (Austral.) Apr. 65/2 It's [sc. the brake is] there to do its job, but it can throw a spanner in the works if the adjustment setting goes to pot. 2002 C. Slaughter Before Knife v. 95 There seemed no reason why we should give up our overseas possessions: why pull out when it would all go to pot without us? < as lemmas |
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