| 单词 | shove the moon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shoot (also †bolt, †shove) the moon P5. slang. to shoot (also †bolt, †shove) the moon: to abscond by night, ‘to do a moonlight flit’. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > move house > by night to avoid paying rent to shove the moon1809 to shoot (also bolt, shove) the moon1812 to shoot the moon1836 moonlight1903 1812 ‘M. Delany’ Murphy Delany's Feast 16 She wish'd to gammon her landlord, and likewise bolt the moon. 1823 P. Egan Grose's Dict. Vulgar Tongue Shoving the Moon, moving goods by moonlight to prevent their being seized by the landlord. Cant. 1837 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 123 He having just ‘shot the moon’, I had to follow him to a cockloft in St. Giles's. 1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 10 It is well for the landlord to be about his own estate in Bow, where poachers often shoot the moon. 1941 N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys i. 19 In a vague sort of way I fancy we were shooting the moon. 1985 R. Whelan Robert Capa v. 52 They would occupy a hotel room for a few weeks, until they had stretched to the limit their excuses for not paying, then ‘shoot the moon’ and move on to new quarters. to shove the moon ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > move house > by night to avoid paying rent to shove the moon1809 to shoot (also bolt, shove) the moon1812 to shoot the moon1836 moonlight1903 1809 G. Andrewes Dict. Slang & Cant Langs. Shoving the moon, to steal your goods away without paying the rent. < as lemmas |
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