| 单词 | to draw through the water with a cat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw through the water with a cat 14. to draw through the water with a cat, also to whip the cat: to practise a practical joke, thus described by Grose:‘A trick often practised on ignorant country fellows, by laying a wager with them that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat; the bet being made, a rope is fastened round the waist of the person to be catted, and the end thrown across the pond, to which the cat is also fastened by a pack-thread, and three or four sturdy fellows are appointed to lead and whip the cat; these on a signal given, seize the end of the cord, and pretending to whip the cat, haul the astonished booby through the water.’ ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > play tricks [phrase] to do or make a blenk or blencha1250 to play (a person) a pageant1530 to give one the geck1568 to play a paw1568 to draw through the water with a cat1631 come1714 to run one's rig upon1793 to come (the) paddy over1809 to work a traverse1840 to go on, have, take a lark1884 to pull a fast one1912 to take for a ride1925 to pull a person's pissera1935 to pull a person's chain1975 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre i. iv. 9 in Wks. II I'll be drawne with a good Gib-cat, through the great pond at home. 1682 in London Gaz. No. 1725/3 We hope, sir, that this Nation will be too Wise, to be drawn twice through the same Water by the very same Cat. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Catting, drawing a Fellow through a Pond with a Cat. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Cat-whipping 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Whip-the-Cat. 1876 Times 13 Aug. Drawing a cat through the Lea [Trial for manslaughter at Central Criminal Court 10 Aug. 1876]. 1888 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 5 310. < as lemmas |
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