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单词 to be rough on
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to be rough on

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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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