英语词汇“the boot on the wrong leg or foot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Phrases, as †to make one boot serve for either leg (see quot.); the boot is on the other leg: the case is altered, the responsibility is on the other party; the boot (is) on the wrong leg or foot; one's heart is in one's boots: see heart n., int., and adv. Phrases 5a; †over shoes, over boots: expressing reckless continuance in a course already begun; boot and saddle [perversion of French boute-selle ‘place saddle’; see boute-selle n.] , the signal to cavalry for mounting; like old boots (slang): vigorously, thoroughgoingly; also to put (or sink) in the boot or to put the boot in (esp. Australian and New Zealand): to kick (in a brutal manner); also figurative; boots and all (Australian and New Zealand colloquial): with no holds barred, wholeheartedly; also attributive.

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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > be ambiguous [phrase]

to make one boot serve for either leg1533

we'll see about that1791

see1823

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > off one's guard [phrase] > rashly or recklessly

at all adventure (also adventures)1485

in flagrant blood1614

over shoes, over boots1653

neck or nothing1814

as if there were no tomorrow1847

(like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1957

society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > cavalry signals

mountee1415

tucket1605

boute-selle1628

boot and saddle1697

watering call1798

stable-call1889

stable1908

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > mistake [phrase]

to miss the cushiona1529

to get, have, or take the (or a) wrong (or right) sow by the ear1546

to pray without one's beads1641

to have the wrong end of the stick?1793

to bark up the wrong tree1832

the boot (is) on the wrong leg or foot1834

to have another think coming1896

you have another guess coming1935

to be off the beam1941

blow1943

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > reversal [phrase]

Tottenham is turned French1546

to turn the tables1612

to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, hose, etc.)1642

the boot is on the other leg1854

the shoe is on the other foot1933

the wheel has come full circle1944

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy

with (also in) mood and maineOE

vigour13..

with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330

with (one's) forcec1380

like anything1665

hammer and tongs1708

like stour1787

(in) double tides1788

like blazes1818

like winking1827

with a will1827

like winky1830

like all possessed1833

in a big way1840

like (or worse than) sin1840

full swing1843

like a Trojan1846

like one o'clock1847

like sixty1848

like forty1852

like wildfire1857

like old boots1865

like blue murder1867

like steam1905

like stink1929

like one thing1938

like a demon1945

up a storm1953

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (intransitive)] > with the foot > kick > in brutal manner

to put (or sink) in the boot1916

to put the boot in1964

the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > heartily or zealously

with (also mid) all one's heartOE

greedilyc1200

affectuously?a1425

jealouslya1425

affectuallyc1425

wilfullyc1430

heartilya1450

zealously?1495

desirously1502

affectedly1582

affectionally1603

affectionatelya1716

boots and all1947

Messianically1976

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. xxxv^v That their wordes shold haue two senses, & one bote serue for eyther legge.

1653 R. Sanderson Serm. Newport 23 Over shoos, over boots, I know God will never forgive me, and therefore I will never trouble my self to seek his favour.., this is properly the sin of despair.

1662 H. Foulis Hist. Wicked Plots i. ix. 67 Which so much incensed the Commons, that they (over Boots, over Shooes) fell to draw up another.

1697 J. Vanbrugh Æsop 11 To boot and saddle again they sound.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 51. ⁋1 The Sound was chang'd to Boots and Saddle.

1825 Bangor (Maine) Reg. 8 Dec. This will be putting the boot upon the other leg.

1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. I. 97 He's got the boot on the wrong leg.

1854 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce (1855) II. xvi. 47 The young woman as owns that house has got the boot on the other leg.

1856 J. Grant Black Dragoon xii Our trumpets blew ‘Boot-and-saddle’ in the streets.

1861 ‘F. G. Trafford’ City & Suburb 385 That's what I call putting the boot on the other leg with a vengeance.

1863 (title) The boot on the other leg; or, loyalty above party.

1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper xxvii. 282 I'll stick to you like old boots.

1866 F. Moore Women of War 173 ‘Ah,’ replied the jolly rebel, ‘the boot is on the other foot now.’

1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. xiii. 213 She's as tough as old boots.

1870 (title) The boot on the wrong foot.

1883 Harper's Mag. Sept. 592/2 [He] felt his courage oozing out at the seams of his boots.

1888 Denver Republ. 9 Apr. When in liquor he was quarrelsome and the prediction was commonly made that he would die with his boots on.

1890 Adrian Times 6 Mar. ‘Gov. Luce’, he said, ‘..can beat Barnes out of his boots’.

1899 Pall Mall Mag. Apr. 474 ‘She wouldn't marry you?’ ‘My dear fellow, the boot was on the other leg. I wouldn't marry her.’

1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 42 Plunks Tyball through the gizzard wiv 'is sword, 'Ow I ongcored! ‘Put in the boot!’ I sez. ‘Put in the boot.’

c1926 Transport Workers' Songbook (N.Z.) 107 All of them helping the worker down, by putting in the ‘boot’.

1936 G. B. Shaw Simpleton iii. 29 I should say..that the boot is on the other leg.

1942 V. Palmer in Coast to Coast 26 Wait till he gets his opening, Charlie will, and then sink in the boot.

1947 D. M. Davin For Rest of Lives xix. 96 The next thing he'll do is counter-attack, boots and all.

1949 Economist 10 Sept. 566 [N.Z. correspondent] Longer political experience, a greater tactical sense and a ‘boots-and-all’ ruthlessness.

1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman (1966) xiv. 174 ‘I can think of several things you might do. They would all of them do Martin a world of good, but they don't include calling him out.’ ‘Boot's on the other leg: he called me out.’

1955 Times 13 Aug. 7/2 When the boot was on the other foot and his own Democratic Party was in opposition the People's Party, then in power, deplored their rivals' use of the boycott weapon.

1955 V. Palmer Let Birds Fly 128 This could be no light affair for either of them. ‘It's boots and all... Boots and all for both of us.’

1964 Guardian 2 Mar. 7/6 When he's lying there some cow in the front row puts the boot in.

2014 Pioneer (India) (Nexis) 30 June The laws are tilted in favour of the accused and are not designed to protect the victims. In fact, the boot should be on the other leg.

单词	the boot on the wrong leg or foot
释义	> as lemmas the boot (is) on the wrong leg or foot b. Phrases, as †to make one boot serve for either leg (see quot.); the boot is on the other leg: the case is altered, the responsibility is on the other party; the boot (is) on the wrong leg or foot; one's heart is in one's boots: see heart n., int., and adv. Phrases 5a; †over shoes, over boots: expressing reckless continuance in a course already begun; boot and saddle [perversion of French boute-selle ‘place saddle’; see boute-selle n.] , the signal to cavalry for mounting; like old boots (slang): vigorously, thoroughgoingly; also to put (or sink) in the boot or to put the boot in (esp. Australian and New Zealand): to kick (in a brutal manner); also figurative; boots and all (Australian and New Zealand colloquial): with no holds barred, wholeheartedly; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > be ambiguous [phrase] to make one boot serve for either leg1533 we'll see about that1791 see1823 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > off one's guard [phrase] > rashly or recklessly at all adventure (also adventures)1485 in flagrant blood1614 over shoes, over boots1653 neck or nothing1814 as if there were no tomorrow1847 (like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1957 society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > cavalry signals mountee1415 tucket1605 boute-selle1628 boot and saddle1697 watering call1798 stable-call1889 stable1908 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > mistake [phrase] to miss the cushiona1529 to get, have, or take the (or a) wrong (or right) sow by the ear1546 to pray without one's beads1641 to have the wrong end of the stick?1793 to bark up the wrong tree1832 the boot (is) on the wrong leg or foot1834 to have another think coming1896 you have another guess coming1935 to be off the beam1941 blow1943 the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > reversal [phrase] Tottenham is turned French1546 to turn the tables1612 to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, hose, etc.)1642 the boot is on the other leg1854 the shoe is on the other foot1933 the wheel has come full circle1944 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy with (also in) mood and maineOE vigour13.. with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 with (one's) forcec1380 like anything1665 hammer and tongs1708 like stour1787 (in) double tides1788 like blazes1818 like winking1827 with a will1827 like winky1830 like all possessed1833 in a big way1840 like (or worse than) sin1840 full swing1843 like a Trojan1846 like one o'clock1847 like sixty1848 like forty1852 like wildfire1857 like old boots1865 like blue murder1867 like steam1905 like stink1929 like one thing1938 like a demon1945 up a storm1953 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (intransitive)] > with the foot > kick > in brutal manner to put (or sink) in the boot1916 to put the boot in1964 the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > heartily or zealously with (also mid) all one's heartOE greedilyc1200 affectuously?a1425 jealouslya1425 affectuallyc1425 wilfullyc1430 heartilya1450 zealously?1495 desirously1502 affectedly1582 affectionally1603 affectionatelya1716 boots and all1947 Messianically1976 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. xxxv^v That their wordes shold haue two senses, & one bote serue for eyther legge. 1653 R. Sanderson Serm. Newport 23 Over shoos, over boots, I know God will never forgive me, and therefore I will never trouble my self to seek his favour.., this is properly the sin of despair. 1662 H. Foulis Hist. Wicked Plots i. ix. 67 Which so much incensed the Commons, that they (over Boots, over Shooes) fell to draw up another. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Æsop 11 To boot and saddle again they sound. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 51. ⁋1 The Sound was chang'd to Boots and Saddle. 1825 Bangor (Maine) Reg. 8 Dec. This will be putting the boot upon the other leg. 1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. I. 97 He's got the boot on the wrong leg. 1854 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce (1855) II. xvi. 47 The young woman as owns that house has got the boot on the other leg. 1856 J. Grant Black Dragoon xii Our trumpets blew ‘Boot-and-saddle’ in the streets. 1861 ‘F. G. Trafford’ City & Suburb 385 That's what I call putting the boot on the other leg with a vengeance. 1863 (title) The boot on the other leg; or, loyalty above party. 1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper xxvii. 282 I'll stick to you like old boots. 1866 F. Moore Women of War 173 ‘Ah,’ replied the jolly rebel, ‘the boot is on the other foot now.’ 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. xiii. 213 She's as tough as old boots. 1870 (title) The boot on the wrong foot. 1883 Harper's Mag. Sept. 592/2 [He] felt his courage oozing out at the seams of his boots. 1888 Denver Republ. 9 Apr. When in liquor he was quarrelsome and the prediction was commonly made that he would die with his boots on. 1890 Adrian Times 6 Mar. ‘Gov. Luce’, he said, ‘..can beat Barnes out of his boots’. 1899 Pall Mall Mag. Apr. 474 ‘She wouldn't marry you?’ ‘My dear fellow, the boot was on the other leg. I wouldn't marry her.’ 1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 42 Plunks Tyball through the gizzard wiv 'is sword, 'Ow I ongcored! ‘Put in the boot!’ I sez. ‘Put in the boot.’ c1926 Transport Workers' Songbook (N.Z.) 107 All of them helping the worker down, by putting in the ‘boot’. 1936 G. B. Shaw Simpleton iii. 29 I should say..that the boot is on the other leg. 1942 V. Palmer in Coast to Coast 26 Wait till he gets his opening, Charlie will, and then sink in the boot. 1947 D. M. Davin For Rest of Lives xix. 96 The next thing he'll do is counter-attack, boots and all. 1949 Economist 10 Sept. 566 [N.Z. correspondent] Longer political experience, a greater tactical sense and a ‘boots-and-all’ ruthlessness. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman (1966) xiv. 174 ‘I can think of several things you might do. They would all of them do Martin a world of good, but they don't include calling him out.’ ‘Boot's on the other leg: he called me out.’ 1955 Times 13 Aug. 7/2 When the boot was on the other foot and his own Democratic Party was in opposition the People's Party, then in power, deplored their rivals' use of the boycott weapon. 1955 V. Palmer Let Birds Fly 128 This could be no light affair for either of them. ‘It's boots and all... Boots and all for both of us.’ 1964 Guardian 2 Mar. 7/6 When he's lying there some cow in the front row puts the boot in. 2014 Pioneer (India) (Nexis) 30 June The laws are tilted in favour of the accused and are not designed to protect the victims. In fact, the boot should be on the other leg. extracted from bootn.³ < as lemmas
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