英语词汇“to draw it strong”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P11. to draw it mild: (originally) to dispense mild ale; (in later use chiefly figurative and colloquial) to be moderate in speech or behaviour; to refrain from exaggeration. Frequently in imperative. Hence to draw it strong: to be immoderate in speech or behaviour. Now rare.

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1783 Morning Post 26 May Boy, bring us some ale, Draw it mild, not too stale.

1842 R. H. Barham Misadventures Margate in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 153 A pint of double X, and please to draw it mild.

1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing iii, in Fraser's Mag. May 606/2 Dress quiet, sir; draw it mild.

1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 6 Apr. Our ladies faithfully promised to ‘draw it as mild’ as possible; but when they made their appearance in most splendid array, I felt rather uncertain as to what the consequences might have been if they had drawn it strong.

1879 Scribner's Monthly Aug. 778/2 I don't feel remarkably cool, Gerty; but when you talk of ‘revolting sin and treachery’, you're drawing it rather strong.

1932 Manch. Guardian 20 Jan. 7/4 Nothing can remove me from the thought of one brief boon When January drew it mild and dropped a hint of June.

单词	to draw it strong
释义	> as lemmas to draw it strong P11. to draw it mild: (originally) to dispense mild ale; (in later use chiefly figurative and colloquial) to be moderate in speech or behaviour; to refrain from exaggeration. Frequently in imperative. Hence to draw it strong: to be immoderate in speech or behaviour. Now rare. ΚΠ 1783 Morning Post 26 May Boy, bring us some ale, Draw it mild, not too stale. 1842 R. H. Barham Misadventures Margate in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 153 A pint of double X, and please to draw it mild. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing iii, in Fraser's Mag. May 606/2 Dress quiet, sir; draw it mild. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 6 Apr. Our ladies faithfully promised to ‘draw it as mild’ as possible; but when they made their appearance in most splendid array, I felt rather uncertain as to what the consequences might have been if they had drawn it strong. 1879 Scribner's Monthly Aug. 778/2 I don't feel remarkably cool, Gerty; but when you talk of ‘revolting sin and treachery’, you're drawing it rather strong. 1932 Manch. Guardian 20 Jan. 7/4 Nothing can remove me from the thought of one brief boon When January drew it mild and dropped a hint of June. extracted from drawv. < as lemmas
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