| 单词 | to burst at the seams |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto burst (fall apart, etc.) at the seams d. figurative. Also in colloquial phrases, as to burst (fall apart, etc.) at the seams. ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋42 Chidynge and reproche..vnsowen the semes of freendshipe in mannes herte. 1589 Pappe w. Hatchet in Lyly's Wks. (1902) III. 412 Hee runnes ouer his fooleries with a knaues gallop, ripping vp the souterlie seames of his Epistle. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles v. 193 T'was wee that made vp this Garment [a coat of armour] through the rough seames of the Waters. View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Addison Ess. Virgil's Georgics in Wks. (1721) I. 250 Precepts..should be so finely wrought together in the same piece, that no coarse seam may discover where they join. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 327 One or two of Horace's purple rags botched together with coarse seams of abuse will gain prodigious applause. 1962 G. Ross & C. Singer Guilty Party in Plays of Year XXIV. 74 You were bursting at the seams a little. Can we ease the strain for you? 1965 J. Von Sternberg Fun in Chinese Laundry (1966) ii. 43 In a few instances when I thought that I would come apart at the seams..I managed to make the director listen. 1969 ‘V. Packer’ Don't rely on Gemini (1970) xv. 131 He had begun to fall apart at the seams—to imagine..that the stars..were conspiring against him. 1977 Times 30 Apr. 9/6 My marriage..came apart at the seams. < as lemmas |
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