| 单词 | tie that bull outside or to another ashcan |
| 释义 | > as lemmastie that bull outside or to another ashcan 2. In figurative phrases. to tie the hands of: to deprive of freedom of action. to tie the knot: to effect a union between two persons or things; esp. to perform the ceremony of marriage. †to tie with St. Mary's knot: to hamstring (obsolete). to tie to the stake, figurative to put into a position from which there is no escape. to tie a person's tongue: to prevent (him) from speaking, to compel to be silent (see also tongue-tied adj.). tied to a woman's apron-strings: see tied to the apron-strings at apron-string n. tie that bull outside or to another ashcan (U.S. slang): I do not believe you; ‘tell me another’. to tie a can to (or on) (slang): to reject or dismiss (a person); to stop (an activity). to tie one on [compare bun n.5] slang (chiefly U.S.): to get drunk. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > force into a difficult situation to tie to the stake1544 fix1736 to set up1747 corner1824 to drive into a corner1861 bunker1930 to get or have (a person) by the short and curlies1948 to box (a person, esp. oneself) into a corner1955 the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking to stop a person's mouthc1175 stilla1225 to keep ina1420 stifle1496 to knit up1530 to muzzle (up) the mouth1531 choke1533 muzzle?1542 to tie a person's tongue1544 tongue-tiea1555 silence1592 untongue1598 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 to bite in1608 gaga1616 to swear downa1616 to laugh down1616 stifle1621 to cry down1623 unworda1627 clamour1646 splint1648 to take down1656 snap1677 stick1708 shut1809 to shut up1814 to cough down1823 to scrape down1855 to howl down1872 extinguish1878 hold1901 shout1924 to pipe down1926 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] needeOE straita1340 pressa1393 afforcea1400 stressa1400 coactc1400 coarctc1400 strainc1400 compulse?a1475 cohert1475 oppress1523 compel1526 forcec1540 to tie to the stake1544 urge1576 adact1615 duressa1626 coerce1659 railroad1889 to twist the tail1895 steamroll1900 steamroller1912 shanghai1919 bulldozer1945 shotguna1961 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > maim or mutilate [verb (transitive)] > hamstring hoxen1387 hox1388 houghc1440 to tie with St. Mary's knot1544 hock1570 hough-sinew1577 string-hough1605 ham1618 enervate1638 hockle1671 hamstring1675 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)] weda1225 marrya1325 spousec1390 to make matrimonyc1400 intermarry1528 contract1530 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1535 to make a match1547 yoke1567 match1569 mate1589 to go to church (with a person)1600 to put one's neck in a noosec1600 paira1616 to join giblets1647 buckle1693 espouse1693 to change (alter) one's condition1712 to tie the knot1718 to marry out1727 to wedlock it1737 solemnize1748 forgather1768 unite1769 connubiate1814 conjugalize1823 connubialize1870 splice1874 to get hitched up1890 to hook up1903 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > join in marriage wedOE join1297 spousec1325 bind1330 couplea1340 to put togethera1387 conjoin1447 accouple1548 matea1593 solemnize1592 espouse1599 faggot1607 noose1664 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700 rivet1700 to tie the knot1718 buckle1724 unite1728 tack1732 wedlock1737 marry1749 splice1751 to turn off1759 to tie up1894 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)] bindc1200 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 corset1935 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action bind971 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 to box up1659 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 hog-tie1924 corset1935 the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > expressing disbelief [phrase] do you mean to say (also to tell me)1763 you don't mean to say (also to tell me)1763 tell that to the marines1806 in a horn1847 you are (or have got to be) joking1907 tie that bull outside or to another ashcan1921 you could have fooled me1926 you wouldn't read about it1950 pull the other one (it's got bells on)1966 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject or cast off a person refusec1390 wavescha1400 denyc1400 rejectc1450 replya1500 repudiate1534 to fling off1587 reprobate1747 veto1839 to tie a can to (or on)1926 to give (a person) the elbow1938 wipe1941 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss > unceremoniously to send packingc1450 trussa1500 to go (send, etc.) away with a flea in one's ear1577 to set packing1577 pack1589 ship1594 to send away with a fly in one's ear1606 to give a packing penny to1609 to pack off1693 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 to send about one's business1728 trundle1794 to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1816 bundle1823 to give the bucket to1863 shake1872 to give (a person) the finger1874 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (someone or something) the chuck1888 to give (someone) the gate1918 to get the (big) bird1924 to tie a can to (or on)1926 to give (a person) (his or her) running shoes1938 to give (someone) the Lonsdale1958 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > get drunk drunkenc1000 to wash one's face in an ale clout1550 to shoe the goose, gosling1566 to catch, hunt the fox1599 to swallow a tavern-token1601 to read Geneva print1608 to whip the cat1622 inebriate1626 to hunt a tavern-fox1635 fox1649 mug1653 to fuddle one's cap or nose1663 to lose one's legs1770 gin1789 stone1858 to beer up1884 slop1899 to get, have, tie a bun on1901 shicker1906 souse1921 lush1926 to cop a reeler1937 to tie one on1951 1544 Letanie in Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. Ciii Tied and bounde with the chaine of our synnes. 1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. M.iiii Hir swelling sobbes, Did tie hir tong from talke. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 11 Euphues being thus tyed to the stake by their importunate intreatie, began as followeth. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiv. 53 I am tide tot'h stake, and I must stand the course. View more context for this quotation 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. v. 375 When God intends a Nation shall be beaten, he ties their hands behind them. 1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 331 So to the Priest Their case They tell: He ties the Knot. ?1775 (a1600) Dick o Cow (Percy) xxvii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 465/1 He has ty'd them a' with St Mary knott, All these horse but barely three. 1781 W. Cowper Friendship 62 A fretful temper will divide The closest knot that may be tied. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘To tie a knot wi the tongue, at yan cannot louze wi yan's teeth’, i.e. to get married. 1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking ix. 214 It seems very unjust to tie the hands of the directors in so important a particular. 1889 The County viii One would have thought that very shame would have tied her tongue. 1921 J. Dos Passos Three Soldiers iv. i. 212 ‘Fellers, the war's over!’.. ‘Tie that bull outside,’ came from every side of the ward. 1922 H. Crane Let. 10 Dec. (1965) 108 Life is meagre with me. I am unsatisfied and left always begging for beauty. I am tied to the stake—a little more wastefully burnt every day of my life. 1926 P. G. Wodehouse Heart of Goof viii. 265 What caused the definite rift was Jane's refusal to tie a can to Rodney Spelvin. 1928 C. Sandburg Good Morning, Amer. 16 They got a fat nerve to try to tie a can on you. 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan ii. 60 Three-Star told Vinc to tie his bull to another ash can. 1933 E. O'Neill Ah, Wilderness! i. 27 Aw say, you fresh kid, tie that bull outside! 1942 P. G. Wodehouse Money in Bank xix. 192 Tie a can to the funny stuff, see? If I want to laugh, I'll read the comic strip. 1951 Western Folklore 10 82 The Act of Drinking:..to swill one down; to tie one on. 1959 Listener 4 June 971/1 That was what lost Mr. Acheson votes when he was tied to the Senatorial stake. 1962 J. Onslow Bowler-hatted Cowboy xix. 186 You used to tie one on with the boys. 1972 P. G. Wodehouse Pearls, Girls, & Monty Bodkin v. 65 I'm warning you to kiss her goodbye and tie a can to her. Never marry anyone who makes conditions. 1982 A. Mather Impetuous Masquerade vii. 107 He had..tied one on, if you know what I mean. < as lemmas |
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