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

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to die dung-hill

to die game, to maintain a bold and defiant bearing to the last, i.e. like a gamecock; whence by contrast to die dung-hill; to die in one's bed, i.e. of illness or other natural cause, the opposite of which is to die in one's shoes; to die in one's boots or shoes or with one's boots on: to die a violent death, spec. to be hanged; so to die with one's boots off: to have a peaceful or unspectacular death or end; to die in harness, i.e. in full work; and in other similar phrases. to die in the last ditch: see last ditch n. at last adv., adj., and n.⁴ Compounds.

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to die dunghill

P4. to die dunghill: (esp. of a condemned criminal) to die in a cowardly way; to show fear or repentance when meeting one's death. Contrasted with to die game at game adj.¹ Phrases 1. Cf. Compounds 1b. Now historical.

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1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 52 Submit, be a wretch, and die dunghill.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Dunghill To die dunghill, to repent or shew any signs of contrition at the gallows.

1845 D. Jerrold Hist. St. Giles & St. James x. 55/1 It would be his ambition..to die game. He had heard..the contemptuous jeering flung upon the repentant craven—..he would not be laughed, sneered at, for ‘dying dunghill.’

1856 Sat. Rev. 20 Dec. 746/1 He neither resisted like Bousfield, nor swaggered like Thistlewood, nor ‘died dunghill’ like a poor wretch a year or two ago.

1999 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 31 July 60 The victims of the law.., dying ‘dunghill’ or ‘game’ at the end of a rope.

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单词	to die dunghill
释义	> as lemmas to die dung-hill to die game, to maintain a bold and defiant bearing to the last, i.e. like a gamecock; whence by contrast to die dung-hill; to die in one's bed, i.e. of illness or other natural cause, the opposite of which is to die in one's shoes; to die in one's boots or shoes or with one's boots on: to die a violent death, spec. to be hanged; so to die with one's boots off: to have a peaceful or unspectacular death or end; to die in harness, i.e. in full work; and in other similar phrases. to die in the last ditch: see last ditch n. at last adv., adj., and n.⁴ Compounds.extracted from diev.¹ to die dunghill P4. to die dunghill: (esp. of a condemned criminal) to die in a cowardly way; to show fear or repentance when meeting one's death. Contrasted with to die game at game adj.¹ Phrases 1. Cf. Compounds 1b. Now historical. ΚΠ 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 52 Submit, be a wretch, and die dunghill. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Dunghill To die dunghill, to repent or shew any signs of contrition at the gallows. 1845 D. Jerrold Hist. St. Giles & St. James x. 55/1 It would be his ambition..to die game. He had heard..the contemptuous jeering flung upon the repentant craven—..he would not be laughed, sneered at, for ‘dying dunghill.’ 1856 Sat. Rev. 20 Dec. 746/1 He neither resisted like Bousfield, nor swaggered like Thistlewood, nor ‘died dunghill’ like a poor wretch a year or two ago. 1999 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 31 July 60 The victims of the law.., dying ‘dunghill’ or ‘game’ at the end of a rope. extracted from dunghilln.adj. < as lemmas
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