| 单词 | to be like a dog with a bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be like a dog with a bone P21. to be like a dog with a bone: to be tenacious, persistent, or obstinate; to be unwilling to yield, relent, or let go; to be unable to set aside a preoccupation or obsession. ΚΠ 1887 ‘E. Lyall’ Knight-errant II. iv. 104 But Merlino with a grievance was like a dog with a bone; he would gnaw it, and worry it..and when at last you thought it was safely buried he would exhume it and begin his operations all over again. 1896 E. F. Brooke Life the Accuser xii. 159 There was Tom Ramsbottom..once he got hold of his cotton his was like a dog with a bone. Could n't let it go. 1914 P. G. Wodehouse White Hope vii, in Munsey's Mag. May 836/1 When a lazy man does make up his mind to assail a piece of work, he is like a dog with a bone. 1950 Chicago Defender 4 Mar. 6/4 (heading) Joyce is like a dog with a bone when she gets on a certain subject. 2013 A. M. Walters Light in Shadows (2014) 279 Maggie was like a dog with a bone, though, and she wasn't going to give up that easily. < as lemmas |
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