单词 | to be off one's bargain |
释义 | > as lemmasto be off one's bargain 7. Phrases. Dutch or wet bargain: one concluded by the parties drinking together. into (to obs.) the bargain: over and above what is stipulated or expected; moreover, besides. †to buy the bargain dear, (elliptically) to buy the bargain: to pay dearly for a thing. †to sell any one a bargain: to make a fool of him, to ‘sell’ him. to strike (up obs.) a bargain: to come to terms over a purchase. to be off one's bargain: to be released from an engagement. to make the best of a bad bargain: to make the best of adverse circumstances. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > receive punishment > be punished severely to buy the bargain dear1352 smart1534 sweata1625 to nap it1699 to get it1805 to catch or get Jesse1839 to get (also catch, take) it in the neck1881 to get beans1893 to get (also do) the book1928 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, dupe [phrase] to put an ape in a person's hoodc1330 to glaze one's houvec1369 to cough (a person) a daw, fool, momea1529 to make a fool of1534 to give (any one) the bobc1540 to lead (a person) a dancea1545 to make (someone) an ass1548 to make (a person) an ox1566 to play bob-fool witha1592 to sell any one a bargain1598 to put the fool on1649 to make a monkey (out) of1767 to play (a person) for a sucker (also fool, etc.)1869 to string (someone) along1902 to swing it on or across1923 society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain [verb (intransitive)] > make a bargain to make (a or one's) merchandise?a1300 swapc1400 cope1575 to strike (up obs.) a bargain1607 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse [verb (intransitive)] > make do with what is available doc1300 scamble1608 to make the best of a bad bargain1670 shift1680 fenda1682 to do with ——1715 manage1762 to make do1927 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > get exemption [verb (intransitive)] > be released from a bargain to be off one's bargain1767 1352 L. Minot Poems vi. (1795) 28 Fro thai met with Inglis~men, All thaire bargan dere thai boght. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 455/1 I bye the bargayne, or I fele the hurte..Le marché me cuit. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 98 The Boy hath sold him a bargaine. View more context for this quotation 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 610 If these things be true, then I will strike vp the bargaine. 1636 tr. J. Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin Ariana i. iv. 55 An excellent meanes to revenge him on..Palamede, and to have Ariana to the bargaine. 1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 81 You may suspect mee that I relate these purposely to sell you a Bargaine. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. iii. 27 Before the bargaine be stricken. 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 61 Make the best of a bad bargain. 1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion ii. 16 I hate a Dutch Bargain that's made in heat of Wine. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 45 He paid much too dear for his Wife's Fortune, by taking her Person into the bargain. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses ii. 11 Matters have not been carried on with due secrecy; however, we must make the best of a bad Bargain. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 67 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The principal Branch of the Alamode is the Prurient... It consists..of..selling of Bargains, and double Entendre. 1729 B. Franklin Busy-body v, in Amer. Weekly Mercury 25 Feb.–4 Mar. 1/1 What..baser Wretch, first corrupted him and then bought the Bargain. 1753 Scots Mag. July 359/1 The bargain is to be struck at 700,000 florins. 1767 T. Gray Let. 19 Jan. in Corr. (1971) III. 947 I should have been glad to hear my uncles were off their bargain. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 467 Mrs. Thrale was all for..according to the vulgar phrase, making the best of a bad bargain. 1805 W. Windham Speeches Parl. (1812) II. 271 The recruit took the condition of a soldier, with a guinea to make it a wet bargain. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) IV. xvii. 7 Men had made up their minds to submit to what they could not help, and to make the best of a bad bargain. 1885 J. Wray in Christian Herald 22 Apr. 224/2 To give her view of things with her usual perspicacity, and with a striking emphasis into the bargain. < as lemmas |
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