| 单词 | to be on the receiving end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be on (also at) the receiving end to be on (also at) the receiving end: to be the (unfortunate) recipient of some action, event, etc.; to be subjected to something unpleasant.Chiefly used of immaterial things. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] tholec897 pinea1225 steada1300 endure1340 to well in woea1350 labourc1450 concernc1592 to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1647 to have the wind in one's face1649 to be on (also at) the receiving end1909 to feel the draught1925 to have (one's) ass in a sling1960 to be in lumber1965 1909 Washington Post 24 Jan. (Miscellany section) 5/6 You find yourself helpless on the receiving end of a torrent of eloquence. 1918 A. J. Mack Shellproof Mack xviii. 211 The ‘toffee apple’ is an English trench mortar... I don't know how it looks when it is arriving, having never been on the receiving end. 1937 H. L. Ickes Diary 2 Oct. (1955) II. 219 I shall refuse to be at the receiving end of any more brickbats. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 134 The wrist had been on the receiving end of a Dennis Lillee bouncer. 2001 K. Fearon & A. Verlaque Lurgan Champagne & Other Tales 93 I'd seen them experience hatred. But until then I'd never been on the receiving end. < as lemmas |
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