| 单词 | to be through with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be through with PhrasesΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > in respect of everything or part > in every respect through all thingeOE at all pointsa1375 from point to pointa1393 at all rightsc1405 in high and lowc1405 in generala1413 every incha1450 all in allc1475 at all sorts1612 all round1867 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. xxiii. 326 Þa funde he oðerne þurh eal þing him þone gelicestan [L. alium illi per omnia simillimum]. eOE Royal Psalter: Canticles xi. 27 Ita ut per omnia sicut iam supra dictum est et trinitas in unitate et unitas in trinitate ueneranda sit : swa þæt ðurh ealle þing [lOE Salisbury Psalter þurh eal þing] swa nu io bufan gecweden is & þrynes on annesse & annes on ðrynesse to arweorðgenne sy. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 5470 Ich sugge þe þurh alle þing. ich sloh Asclepidiot. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1927 (MED) Charlis, þat is of fraunce kyng..Hoteþ þe þorw alle þyng to leuen þyn errour. a1500 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Douce) l. 249 (MED) Þer fore þe barons wold Habbe loked, þrouȝ alle þyng, Þat þu, Fortiger, schalt be oure kyng. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 27 A man full quent, trew throw al thynge [a1525 Trin. Dublin trogh], bolde, and stydfaste of word. P2. to be through with. a. To have arranged matters with (someone); to have come to an agreement with. Cf. to be thorough with at thorough prep. and adv. Phrases 3. Obsolete (English regional in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] to be through with1484 1484 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 480 My Lord is throughe with his servaunt Robert Worsley, for certayn men..to be ready at all tymes at my Lordes wages. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 39 If a man is through with them in honest taking vp, then they must stand vppon security. View more context for this quotation 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale To be through with any one, to complete a bargain with him. b. To have finished or completed; to have dealt with completely. ΚΠ 1829 Afr. Repository & Colonial Jrnl. July 150 Since I am through with it [sc. the fever], I am glad I have had it, as it will exempt me entirely from it hereafter. 1844 N.Y. Munic. Gaz. 4 Apr. 345/3 After this expensive ceremony was through with, the Ashes were allowed to continue on the voyage to Boston. 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel vii. 55 ‘I don't understand you.’ ‘Well, you will before I'm through with you.’ 1962 I. Asimov Chemicals of Life (ed. 2) iv. 61 When both enzymes are through with their separate jobs, all that is left of the protein molecule are short amino-acid chains. 2014 C. B. McKenzie Bad Country 280 When Rodeo was done with his several cups of coffee and his dog was through with his morning constitutional, they drove to the..hospital. c. To be tired of; to have had enough of. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] irka1500 to be through with1895 have1941 1895 Musical Courier (N.Y.) 24 Aug. 14/3 Oh, as for women, you know, I am through with 'em. 1907 Everybody's Mag. Oct. 566/2 Pa..was through with the whole matter, and wanted to eat his supper in peace. 1913 Sat. Evening Post 18 Jan. 22/3 I'm through with her for good, I tell you! 1990 J. Eberts & T. Ilott My Indecision is Final lvi. 607 I was no good at building empires for people. I was through with empires. 2015 C. Black Murder on Champ de Mars 253 I'm through with being a pawn passed between the services. P3. a. through a person's hands (also †hand), through the hands of a person: so as to be handled or dealt with by the specified person. through many hands (and variants): via many people, via numerous intermediaries. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] > specifically a person through a person's hands (also hand)c1330 by the hand(s) of1639 c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 1035 Erst þow schelt pase þourȝ min hond. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. clxxxii/1 The money..paste throughe his handes and his treasourers. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 346 They are able in one day to make two hundred Harquibushes..although there be no Harquebush that goeth through lesse than ten hands at the least. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures iv. 8 The things of God..lose their value and force, when they are sifted through so many hands. 1709 J. Bagford in MS Rawl. Let. 21 lf. 8 All of them from ye Bookes themselues which haue run throw my handes. 1778 A. Lee Let. 9 Jan. in R. H. Lee Life A. Lee (1829) II. 127 To call those to an account, through whose hands I know the public money has passed. 1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. viii. 215 His numbers having suffered corruption during their passage through so many hands. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §6. 408 Plot and approval alike passed through Walsingham's hands. 1947 M. McLuhan Let. Dec. (1987) 191 Two books on popular culture are in process of circulation through editorial hands. 1970 A. K. Armah Fragments iv. 112 I've had six, maybe seven students pass through my hands who really had something. 2006 Vanity Fair July 95/1 It has emerged that the forged Niger documents went through the hands of the Italian military intelligence service. b. Scottish. through hand (also hands): so as to be handled or dealt with; in process; in hand. Later esp. in to take through hand (also hands): = to take in hand at hand n. Phrases 2p(a). ΚΠ 1763 in Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. (1903) 14 92 He was using the Norfolk plough, and by means of it putting a great deal of work through hand. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 345 I had her through hands once, and could then make little of her. 1854 Cottage Gardener 16 Mar. 457/1 The fast doers, who care not how the world goes round, provided they get every job through hand as fast as anything. 1875 Border Treasury 27 Feb. 353 A' her auld grievances were taen throo haunds, an' kiel-hauld to the utmost. a1917 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick (1927) 22 Let iz ken whan ee've hed the maitter throwe hands. 1986 Glasgow Herald 3 Feb. 8/7 An important presbytery meeting at which Mr Chilton's case will be taken through hand. 2005 Recorded Conversat.: Family from North East Scotl. (SCOTS transcript) in www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Aw that kinda things have been taen through hand. < as lemmas |
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