| 单词 | black in the face |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack in the face P4. black in the face: purple in the face through strangulation, passion, or exertion. Frequently used hyperbolically. Cf. blue in the face at blue adj. and n. Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > [phrase] > by violent effort black in the face1607 1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 2 She was so opprest with paine, as she grewe blacke in the Face, like one that had beene strangled. 1646 H. Mill 2nd Pt. Nights Search xix. 117 Spits ill language at the Moon, and looks Black in the face with pride. 1694 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. i. 25 He would swear till he was black in the Face; Dissemble six long hours by the Clock. 1717 T. Lewis Scourge 30 Sept. 292 The Embroider'd Bully upon the Stage you obseve amusing the Gaping Croud with Folly, Nonsense, and Noise, bawling till he is Black in the Face. 1789 J. Wolcot Poet. Epist. to falling Minister 121 Swore himself black..in the face. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) v. 47 Mr. Winkle pulled..till he was black in the face. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 67 Though we should boast..till we were black in the face. 1920 G. B. McCutcheon West Wind Drift vi. 76 He might apologize until he was black in the face and still be unable to take back the words he had uttered. 1991 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 Feb. The peacemongers can meet and march until they are black in the face. < as lemmas |
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