单词 | to be rough on |
释义 | > as lemmasto be rough on Phrases P1. to cut up rough: see to cut up 12 at cut v. Phrasal verbs. P2. colloquial. to be rough on. a. Of circumstances or events: to be unpleasant or difficult for (someone), to be unfair on. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty mire?c1400 to make (a place, situation, etc.) too hot for1582 difficult1641 to wind (oneself) a (bonny) pirn1660 swamp1818 to be rough on1860 taigle1865 soup1895 hot1920 to hot up1927 1860 Harvard Mag. Oct. 60 Rather rough on you, Bill! You're an unlucky bird. 1887 W. Besant Katherine Regina iv She is a governess somewhere, I believe. It's rough on her, isn't it? 1973 W. Ihimaera Tangi (1989) xxvi. 125 It's rough on her, she loved Dad so much. 2002 Chile Pepper June 99/1 Vegetarian life is hard enough in a meat-eating..society, but it is particularly rough on veggies who like to engage in backyard socializing. b. Of a person: to be angry, severe, or harsh with (someone), to be tough on. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > severe or stern > severe upon smart1549 side1825 to be rough on1868 1868 Overland Monthly Aug. 189/1 They've got..flowers round their houses, and they wash themselves twice a day. But they're mighty rough on strangers. 1895 T. Hardy in Harper's Mag. Mar. 579 The management had..been rough on cousins ever since. 1987 C. Simmons Belles Lettres Papers v. 58 A friend..had told me that his first wife had been very rough on him. 2008 Huntsville (Alabama) Time (Nexis) 15 Mar. 2 d As rough as he was on her during that math class, she can't think of another man she..respected more. c. Of a thing, event, or action: to cause wear and tear to (something). ΚΠ 1876 Our Chron. (67th (South Hants.) Regiment) 1 Jan. (Suppl.) 2/1 The rope, however, was rather rough on the hands of the former [team]. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 68/1 (advt.) The fact that our city is so rough on cars has handicapped the Electric cars more than the hills. 1972 R. Keith Bush Pilot with Briefcase (1973) 175 Others had made a perfect landing thirty feet in the air, which was followed by a terrific, gut-wrenching splash as they plopped in. Very embarrassing—and very rough on the hardware. 2004 Home Mag. Mar. 72/2 Natural fiber carpets like sisal..look great, but they can be rough on feet. P3. rough around (also about) the edges: (of a thing or person) unpolished, having some flaws or imperfections. ΚΠ 1892 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 20 Aug. 5/2 Somebody suggested a song, and we let them have ‘Ben Franklin’ full and strong, and just a little bit rough around the edges. 1919 L. Scott Daughter of Two Worlds v. 61 She's sort of rough about the edges. She needs finish—manners. 1950 Baseball Digest July 57/1 He's a little rough around the edges, but he's conscientious, he's studied baseball all his adult life, he's a fair country home-spun psychologist. 1994 S. Lukins All around World Cookbook 20/2 The Tropicana is about the only night club open in Cuba these days; although it is a little rough around the edges, I had a wonderful time. 2007 C. L. Carr Polity 16 These relationships are bound to be controversial and rough about the edges, however, and consequently they are sure to become the source of political conflict. P4. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. rough as bags (also guts, etc.): (esp. of a person) uncouth, coarse. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > coarse agrest?1440 robust1511 roynish1570 sowish1570 lubberlike1572 lubberly1580 ordinarya1586 roborean1656 porcine1660 coarse1680 crude1722 low1725 piggish1742 coarse-graineda1774 crass1861 coarse-fibred1872 barnyard1895 farmyard1911 rough as guts1919 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > unrefined > specifically of persons uplandisha1387 rustyc1485 rustical?1532 gross?1533 rusticc1550 rough-hewn1591 unfashioned1606 unpolite1674 crude1722 uncouth1732 piggish1742 rough-spun1768 coarse-graineda1774 coarse-fibred1872 rough as guts1919 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 42 Rough as bags. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 246 Rough as a sandbag,..a term for a person who behaves unpleasantly. Uncouth. Objectionable. 1929 K. S. Prichard Coonardoo ii. 22 Ted was as rough as bags..a good-looking, good-natured bloke who could neither read nor write. 1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang 53 [20th cent. N.Z. slang includes] rough as a bag (the Australians also have rough as bags), and rough as a pig's breakfast. 1951 Meanjin 10 9 Too muggin' right he's rough... Rough as guts. 1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. vi. 115 There is simile:..‘rough as bags’ (which I know better in the variant ‘rough as sacks’). 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds x. 235 Even Dot MacPherson, the Bingelly heiress,..was rough as bags, no posh Sydney boarding school and all that crap. 2001 T. Winton Dirt Music (2003) 17 Even after the boom when many families became instantly..rich..they were, in any estimation, as rough as guts. P5. to give (a person) the rough edge of one's tongue: see edge n. 2a. P6. to strike (also hit, etc.) a rough patch: see patch n.1 Phrases 2. P7. to have (also give) a rough ride: see ride n.2 Phrases 4. P8. to get the rough end of the pineapple: see pineapple n. 6c. P9. rough as it runs: see run v. Phrases 1b. P10. the rougher sex: see sex n.1 Phrases 1c. < as lemmas |
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