| 单词 | to bore a person silly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bore a person silly b. colloquial. In phrases denoting actions carried out thoroughly or to an excessive degree, esp. to the extent that the person involved or affected is no longer capable of thinking or acting sensibly, as to drink oneself silly, to bore a person silly, to scare a person silly, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (reflexive)] overdrinkOE soak1817 swattlec1826 binge1854 to drink oneself silly1907 to tank up1951 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > frighten [verb (transitive)] gastOE eisieOE fearc1000 scarec1175 fray14.. doubtc1315 fright1423 flightc1571 to curdle the blood1579 effray1588 hare1656 pavefy1656 frighten1666 sob1671 haze1677 funk1789 gliff1823 frecken1847 to scare a person silly1942 1859 F. W. Robinson Woodleigh II. iv. vi. 59 I'm like that Grecian Emperor who was so particular about his time that he used to fret himself silly if he lost a day. 1892 D. Strange Farmers' Tariff Man. 32 [Protectionists] laugh themselves silly as they ask how the tariff is added. 1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 64 Drinking myself silly, and parlatic from the dusk to dawn. 1942 J. Chodorov & J. Fields Junior Miss ii. i. 113 Well, Judy, now that you've scared me silly, what's so important? 1965 J. Betjeman in London Mag. 3 June 57 Where we can warm and hug each other silly. 1975 Country Life 25 Dec. 1798/1 Many ornamental trees and shrubs..had flowered themselves silly in 1974. 1989 Marketing 25 May 16/2 He says owners can now stuff dogs silly without ruining their digestions. 2007 N. Huston Fault Lines (2008) 217 Ye gods, Peter, you'll spoil her silly! < as lemmas |
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