| 单词 | the last of pea-time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe last of pea-time The time for harvesting peas. Chiefly in figurative and similative expressions, esp. in the last of pea-time (and variants): a time or condition of exhaustion, indigence, or decline; a person or thing in such a condition. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > at an end at an upshot1653 all over1664 the jig is over1777 the jig is up1800 all up1825 the last of pea-time1834 (all) washed up1923 the party is over1931 1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. I. 190 Our parson whines it out like an old woman in the last of pea-time. 1850 ‘M. Tensas’ Odd Leaves from Louisiana Swamp Doctor 174 It war the last of pea-time with me, sure, if I didn't rise 'fore bar did. 1893 M. A. Owen Voodoo Tales 199 'Deed my gyarden am a-lookin' mighty bad. Hit look mo' lak de las' o' pea-time den de fust o' truck-time. 1911 R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter 108 ‘What on earth's the matter, Bill?’ he asked. ‘You look like the last of pea-times.’ 1976 E. L. Ryland Richmond Co. Virginia 374 ‘The last of pea-time,’ quite inferior, poor, sickly. < as lemmas |
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