单词 | seven shades |
释义 | > as lemmasseven shades Phrases P1. seven names of God n. Chiefly with the. In Christianity, Judaism, and Islam: seven principal or significant designations by which God is known; spec. (Judaism) a list of seven designations of God considered so holy that a scribe must take particular care in writing them.Quots. c1330, a1500 show earlier ways of referring to the same concept. ( N.E.D. (1911) interpreted seven in these quots. differently, as a name of God.) ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > name of > scriptural name(s) AdonaiOE Sabaotha1325 Lord (God) of Hosts1382 Jehovah1530 I AM1539 Jah1539 the Ancient of Days1560 Elohim1605 Shaddaia1631 seven names of God1657 Yahweh1869 Hashem1877 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 2841 God, for his name seuene, He bring ȝou to gode heuene! a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 134 Now, Lord, for thy naymes vii, That made both moyn and starnes Well mo then I can neuen, Thi will, Lorde, of me tharnys.] 1657 J. Davies tr. G. Naudé Hist. Magick xiv. 169 A book which Trithemius sayes was made by Geber King of the Indians, upon the relation between the seven Planets and the seven names of God. 1846 Western Lit. Messenger 29 Aug. 52/2 In the center were inscribed the seven names of God in Turkish, Persian, and Arabic, forming a large circle of gilt letters. 1923 in F. Achad Crystal Vision through Crystal Gazing v. 80 Note first the Holy Sevenfold Table containing seven Names of God which not even the Angels are able to pronounce. 2007 A. Kurzweil Kabbalah for Dummies iv. xvi. 284 Kabbalistic tradition requires that the following seven names of God be given special care by scribes who write sacred scrolls. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > of God workOE rearOE shapeOE makeOE raisec1384 to set (something) on (also upon) sevenc1390 spire1435 c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) l. 264 (MED) Þou maker of Middelert..Boþe þe sonne and þe see þou sette vppon seuene. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 157 The fader of heuen, God omnypotent, That sett all on seuen. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cvi I swere be suthfast god that settis all on sevin. P3. Dice, and related phrases. See sense B. 4. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (intransitive)] to lay ona1225 assailc1325 sailc1330 assemblea1375 to fall inc1384 to fall ona1387 givec1430 brunt1440 to set (all) on sevenc1440 to ding on1487 to fall down1534 offend1540 to go on1553 to give on?1611 to let fly1611 strikea1616 insult1638 to set on1670 aggress1708 to carry the war into the enemy's camp1791 hop over1929 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2131 (MED) Thus he settez on seuen with his sekyre knyghttez. c1440 Sir Degrevant (Thornton) (1949) l. 1295 I sold haf sett all on seuen For Mildor þe swete. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bvi With seymely schei[l]dis to schew thai set vpone seuin. (a) come on seven (also come a seven): the exhortation ‘come on, seven!’ as uttered in the game of hazard, used in reference to the game, or to gambling in general. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?c1599 J. Davies & C. Marlowe Epigrammes & Elegies sig. B4 Hee still doth sweare By, come a seauen, that all is lost and gone. 1631 T. Dekker Penny-wise, Povnd Foolish sig. C2v One part of my mony ranne away with Come on sixe, and Come on seuen: I could play at Novum, Passage, In and In, Mum Chance, at Tables, Irish, Tick-tack, any thing. (b) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > player of games of chance tavlereOE playera1387 gamera1450 adventurer1474 gamester1549 come you seven1605 tableman1608 knight of the elbow1705 sitter1748 gambler1784 gamestress1828 playman1844 sport1856 spieler1859 punter1860 tiger-hunter1896 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. 42 Shall I be made A foolish novice..By everie cheating come you seaven? ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > hazard > type of throw sevenc1405 nicka1635 seven and eleven1684 crabs1768 1684 T. Otway Atheist v. 61 Farewell for ever old Hock,..Seven and Eleven; Sink-Tray, and the Doublets. 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 25 But at Seven and Eleven to shake away an Estate to known Rooks that live by the Dice, is an unaccountable piece of folly. 1722 Freeholder's Jrnl. 26 Sept. 232/1 We are sunk to the vile Degeneracy of Back Gammon, Seven and Eleven, &c. ΚΠ 1731 Read's Weekly Jrnl. 28 Aug. Robin's Game, or Seven's the Main. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Lect. Fine Arts ii, in Wks. (1900) XIII. 273 A gambling-house, where many a bout of seven's-the-main..has been had. 1866 Australasian 8 Dec. 1130/3 Merry-go-rounds, unders and overs, seven's the main, and tiddlywinks, a few sleight-of-hand gentry with their three cards. e. Australian slang. to throw (also chuck) a (or the) seven and variants: to die; (occasionally also) to faint; to lose one's composure. Also (rarely) to vomit. ΚΠ 1886 Globe (Sydney) 1 June 5/6 Any man wot' 'ud swear another's liberty away ought to chuck a seven right off. 1894 H. Lawson Martin Farrell in Coll. Verse (1967) I. 269 I am pretty cronk and shaky—too far gone for hell or heaven, An' the chances are I'm goin'—that I'm goin' to ‘do the seven’. 1899 W. T. Goodge Hits! Skits! & Jingles! 17 You could bet on me chuckin' the seven If she slung me for some other bloke! 1966 T. Ronan Once there was Bagman x. 217 The partially digested fruit must have swollen inside me, for before long I was chucking sevens around the flat as I had done a few years before when I had that touch of ptomaine poisoning. 1978 P. Hanigan & R. Lindsay No Tracks on River 96 Of course, his Mum straight away chucked a seven and squealed, ‘Careful, Deryck, careful. Oh, do be careful!’ 2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Jan. 29 His sister goes mad and kills herself; his mum dies of lung cancer. A disproportionate number of friends also throw a seven. He is acquainted with grief. P4. seven bells. [Apparently originally with allusion to the nautical tradition of sounding ‘eight bells’ to mark a sailor's death (i.e. sounding the ship's bell eight times, the usual signal for the end of a watch; compare bell n.1 3b); hence ‘seven bells’ would carry the implication ‘almost to death’.] a. Originally slang (originally U.S. Nautical). to knock (also beat, kick, etc.) seven bells out of a person: to beat (kick, etc.) a person severely. ΚΠ 1844 N.Y. Herald 13 Jan. I heard Linden, as he came out of the forecastle, say that he would knock ‘seven bells’ out of the mate. 1932 J. W. Harris Days of Endeavour ix. 158 Three angry Norwegians..knocked seven bells out of him. 1992 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 20 Dec. 31 They beat seven bells out of someone who had the temerity to sing a song badly. They just snapped. 2005 Cheshire Life Aug. 141/3 How can I enjoy watching someone trying to knock seven bells out of my son? You do worry because boxing is such a brutal sport. b. slang (chiefly Australian and New Zealand). to scare (also frighten) seven bells out of a person: to terrify a person. ΚΠ 1890 Taranaki Herald (New Plymouth, N.Z.) 1 May The white colour of the pup, and the night habiliments of the performers,..had tended to create such a complete ghostly illusion as to frighten seven bells out of one of our sturdiest and most courageous pioneers. 1943 F. C. Hendry True Tales of Sail & Steam i. 11 She [sc. a ship] scared seven bells out of us and gave us the worst month I have ever known at sea. 2015 Southland Times (N.Z.) (Nexis) 28 Dec. 8 The milk side of it is very volitile [sic] with prices sliding up and down the financial scale scaring seven bells out of our dairy farmers. P5. a. slang (originally U.S.). seven kinds (also sorts, etc.) of ——: used as an intensifier, emphasizing the extent or degree of something; cf. seven shades of. ΚΠ 1875 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. 11/1 You've raised seven kinds of blazes with the parents of the girls. 1922 Camp Log (N.Y. State Coll. Forestry) Feb. 33/1 It was not long before the heat began to tell on us and our throats felt like seven varieties of sand paper. 1967 N. Nye Trail of Lost Skulls xxvii. 137 I've been seven kinds of a parblind idjit but the only one I ever loved was you! 2009 Sun (Nexis) 18 Feb. I remember..apprehensively waiting for her, imagining she'd be seven sorts of nightmare. b. slang (originally U.S.). to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person) and variants: to beat or attack a person severely. [Probably after to knock (also beat, kick, etc.) seven bells out of a person at Phrases 4a.] ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person to-beatc893 threshOE bustc1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 berrya1250 to-bunea1250 touchc1330 arrayc1380 byfrapc1380 boxc1390 swinga1400 forbeatc1420 peal?a1425 routa1425 noddlea1450 forslinger1481 wipe1523 trima1529 baste1533 waulk1533 slip1535 peppera1550 bethwack1555 kembc1566 to beat (a person) black and blue1568 beswinge1568 paik1568 trounce1568 canvass1573 swaddle?1577 bebaste1582 besoop1589 bumfeage1589 dry-beat1589 feague1589 lamback1589 clapperclaw1590 thrash1593 belam1595 lam1595 beswaddle1598 bumfeagle1598 belabour1600 tew1600 flesh-baste1611 dust1612 feeze1612 mill1612 verberate1614 bethumpa1616 rebuke1619 bemaul1620 tabor1624 maula1627 batterfang1630 dry-baste1630 lambaste1637 thunder-thump1637 cullis1639 dry-banga1640 nuddle1640 sauce1651 feak1652 cotton1654 fustigate1656 brush1665 squab1668 raddle1677 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slam1691 bebump1694 to give (a person) his load1694 fag1699 towel1705 to kick a person's butt1741 fum1790 devel1807 bray1808 to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813 mug1818 to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821 welt1823 hidea1825 slate1825 targe1825 wallop1825 pounce1827 to lay into1838 flake1841 muzzle1843 paste1846 looder1850 frail1851 snake1859 fettle1863 to do over1866 jacket1875 to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877 to take apart1880 splatter1881 to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884 to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886 to do up1887 to —— (the) hell out of1887 to beat — bells out of a person1890 soak1892 to punch out1893 stoush1893 to work over1903 to beat up1907 to punch up1907 cream1929 shellac1930 to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931 duff1943 clobber1944 to fill in1948 to bash up1954 to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976 to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983 beast1990 becurry- fan- 1877 Chester (Pa.) Daily Times 13 July The irate female..started homeward with the avowded [sic] intention of knocking seven kinds of grace ‘out'n’ her husband. 1955 Snyder (Texas) Daily News 5 Oct. 4/6 He is the most dirty, low-down, whisky-soaked, beer-guzzling, bull-necked, foul-mouthed hypocrite. I'd knock seven kinds of pork out of that old hog. 2014 @MulberryPoppins 14 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 1 Oct. 2020) She'd..be able to batter seven types of shit out of you, even tho she's tiny, so you'd best be careful. P6. seven shades. a. slang. (like) seven shades of ——: used as an intensifier, emphasizing the extent of a condition or quality. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > extremely like mada1375 with a mischief1538 (as) — as anything1542 with a vengeance1568 with a siserary1607 (to be pleased) to a feathera1616 in (the) extremea1616 with the vengeance1693 to a degree1740 like hell1776 like the devil1791 like winky1830 like billy-o1885 (like) seven shades of ——1919 like a bandit1943 on wheels1943 1919 U.S. Tobacco Jrnl. 10 May 24/2 When..the future looks like seven shades of blue,..you can bet no one's to blame excepting you. 1974 R. Doliner For Love or Money xvii. 157 I look like seven shades of hell. 2012 Laura B archive.domesticsluttery.com 20 Aug. (blog, accessed 16 Jan. 2020) I don't know about you, but remembering to eat seasonally makes me feel seven shades of smug. b. slang. to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing): to —— (a person or thing) to an excessive or violent degree, esp. in to —— seven shades of shit out of (a person or thing). Cf. to —— the shit out of (a person or thing) at shit n. and adj. Phrases 2, and to —— (the) hell out of at hell n. and int. Phrases 5e. [Probably after to knock (also beat, kick, etc.) seven bells out of a person at Phrases 4a and to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person) at Phrases 5b.] ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person to-beatc893 threshOE bustc1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 berrya1250 to-bunea1250 touchc1330 arrayc1380 byfrapc1380 boxc1390 swinga1400 forbeatc1420 peal?a1425 routa1425 noddlea1450 forslinger1481 wipe1523 trima1529 baste1533 waulk1533 slip1535 peppera1550 bethwack1555 kembc1566 to beat (a person) black and blue1568 beswinge1568 paik1568 trounce1568 canvass1573 swaddle?1577 bebaste1582 besoop1589 bumfeage1589 dry-beat1589 feague1589 lamback1589 clapperclaw1590 thrash1593 belam1595 lam1595 beswaddle1598 bumfeagle1598 belabour1600 tew1600 flesh-baste1611 dust1612 feeze1612 mill1612 verberate1614 bethumpa1616 rebuke1619 bemaul1620 tabor1624 maula1627 batterfang1630 dry-baste1630 lambaste1637 thunder-thump1637 cullis1639 dry-banga1640 nuddle1640 sauce1651 feak1652 cotton1654 fustigate1656 brush1665 squab1668 raddle1677 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slam1691 bebump1694 to give (a person) his load1694 fag1699 towel1705 to kick a person's butt1741 fum1790 devel1807 bray1808 to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813 mug1818 to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821 welt1823 hidea1825 slate1825 targe1825 wallop1825 pounce1827 to lay into1838 flake1841 muzzle1843 paste1846 looder1850 frail1851 snake1859 fettle1863 to do over1866 jacket1875 to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877 to take apart1880 splatter1881 to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884 to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886 to do up1887 to —— (the) hell out of1887 to beat — bells out of a person1890 soak1892 to punch out1893 stoush1893 to work over1903 to beat up1907 to punch up1907 cream1929 shellac1930 to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931 duff1943 clobber1944 to fill in1948 to bash up1954 to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976 to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983 beast1990 becurry- fan- 1976 Daily Express 27 Sept. 20/2 Italy can be expected to knock seven shades of hell out of England on November 17. 2007 S. Kennedy in F. Emerson et al. Clean Cabbage in Bucket 322 These stories frightened seven shades of shite out of me as an impressionable kid. 2013 M. Gartside Last to Know 191 Stay the fuck away from me and my family... Or I swear I will kick seven shades of shit out of you. Understand? c. slang. to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing): to —— (a person or thing) to an excessive or violent degree. Cf. to knock (also beat, kick, etc.) seven bells out of a person at Phrases 4a.Often regarded as a euphemism for Phrases 6b, in the form to —— seven shades of shit out of (a person or thing). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person to-beatc893 threshOE bustc1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 berrya1250 to-bunea1250 touchc1330 arrayc1380 byfrapc1380 boxc1390 swinga1400 forbeatc1420 peal?a1425 routa1425 noddlea1450 forslinger1481 wipe1523 trima1529 baste1533 waulk1533 slip1535 peppera1550 bethwack1555 kembc1566 to beat (a person) black and blue1568 beswinge1568 paik1568 trounce1568 canvass1573 swaddle?1577 bebaste1582 besoop1589 bumfeage1589 dry-beat1589 feague1589 lamback1589 clapperclaw1590 thrash1593 belam1595 lam1595 beswaddle1598 bumfeagle1598 belabour1600 tew1600 flesh-baste1611 dust1612 feeze1612 mill1612 verberate1614 bethumpa1616 rebuke1619 bemaul1620 tabor1624 maula1627 batterfang1630 dry-baste1630 lambaste1637 thunder-thump1637 cullis1639 dry-banga1640 nuddle1640 sauce1651 feak1652 cotton1654 fustigate1656 brush1665 squab1668 raddle1677 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slam1691 bebump1694 to give (a person) his load1694 fag1699 towel1705 to kick a person's butt1741 fum1790 devel1807 bray1808 to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813 mug1818 to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821 welt1823 hidea1825 slate1825 targe1825 wallop1825 pounce1827 to lay into1838 flake1841 muzzle1843 paste1846 looder1850 frail1851 snake1859 fettle1863 to do over1866 jacket1875 to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877 to take apart1880 splatter1881 to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884 to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886 to do up1887 to —— (the) hell out of1887 to beat — bells out of a person1890 soak1892 to punch out1893 stoush1893 to work over1903 to beat up1907 to punch up1907 cream1929 shellac1930 to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931 duff1943 clobber1944 to fill in1948 to bash up1954 to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976 to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983 beast1990 becurry- fan- 1983 F. Taylor Auf Wiedersehen, Pet xii. 217 You're all listless. Same with our budgie back home—if he's not nuttin' seven shades out of his bell, we know there's somethin' bothering him. 2014 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 13 Oct. Next thing I knew they were rolling on the ground beating seven shades out of each other. P7. ΚΠ 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. v. 100 We're allowed two seven-and-sixers a half. P8. Cards. seven-and-a-half: a gambling game similar to blackjack, in which players try to acquire cards with a face value totalling seven and a half and no more.Court cards (except for the King of Diamonds) are counted as worth half a point. The game is usually played using a standard deck from which the eights, nines, and tens have been removed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > others laugh and lie down1522 mack1548 decoyc1555 pinionc1557 to beat the knave out of doors1570 imperial1577 prima vista1587 loadum1591 flush1598 prime1598 thirty-perforce1599 gresco1605 hole1621 my sow's pigged1621 slam1621 fox-mine-host1622 whipperginnie1622 crimpa1637 hundred1636 pinache1641 sequence1653 lady's hole1658 quebas1668 art of memory1674 costly colours1674 penneech1674 plain dealing1674 wit and reason1680 comet1685 lansquenet1687 incertain1689 macham1689 uptails1694 quinze1714 hoc1730 commerce1732 matrimonya1743 tredrille1764 Tom come tickle me1769 tresette1785 snitch'ems1798 tontine1798 blind hazard1816 all fives1838 short cards1845 blind hookey1852 sixty-six1857 skin the lamb1864 brisque1870 handicap1870 manille1874 forty-five1875 slobberhannes1877 fifteen1884 Black Maria1885 slapjack1887 seven-and-a-half1895 pit1904 Russian Bank1915 red dog1919 fan-tan1923 Pelmanism1923 Slippery Sam1923 go fish1933 Russian Banker1937 racing demon1938 pit-a-pat1947 scopa1965 1895 Compl. Codes & Statutes Montana II. iv. 1071 Every person who deals, plays, carries on..any game of..fan-tan, stud-horse poker, draw poker, craps, seven-and-a-half, twenty-one, or any banking or per centage game played with cards, dice, or any device for money..is punishable by fine. 1964 A. Wykes Gambling vii. 178 Blackjack and seven-and-a-half are found more rarely in the casinos of Europe than those of America. 2008 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 31 Dec. His family will start after midnight playing seven-and-a-half, a card game similar to blackjack, a tradition common in his native Lebanon. P9. Originally and chiefly U.S. seven minutes in (also of) heaven: a party game played chiefly by adolescents in which two selected participants are shut in a closet or other dark, enclosed space for seven minutes, during which they are expected to engage in amorous activity such as kissing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > other party or parlour games drawing of glovesc1540 drawing gloves1599 substantives and adjectives1601 draw gloves1648 grinning-match1711 Move All1782 consequences1811 stagecoach1831 letters1845 Russian scandal1861 buzz1864 snap1865 slappy1868 apple-ducking1886 up Jenkins1889 piladex1895 telephone1910 hot potato1915 sardines1924 murder in the dark1930 pass the parcel1953 seven minutes in (also of) heaven1953 Chinese whispers1964 1953 Jet 6 Aug. 22 The winner in ‘Seven Minutes of Heaven’ has the privilege of choosing any girl in the room, going into the bedroom with her, closing the door, turning out the lights and doing whatever he pleases for seven minutes. 1991 I. Zahava Word of Mouth II. 147 Debbie Katz spins the bottle and it lands on me, and Alan Allen and I had to go into Debbie Katz's parents bedroom for Seven Minutes In Heaven. 2013 J. S. Doktorski How my Summer went up in Flames i. 8 I got busted at an eighth-grade graduation party playing seven minutes in heaven with Armand DelVecchio, who, by the way, kisses like a seal. < as lemmas |
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