| 单词 | to claw, rub, hit on the gall |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto claw, rub, hit on the gall ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > be painful or distressing to a person [verb (intransitive)] to claw, rub, hit on the gallc1386 smarta1400 rankle1735 to play hell (with)1750 gnaw1859 c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 84 Ther is noon of vs alle If any wight wol clawe vs on the galle That we nel kike for he seith vs sooth. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 97 Yet wrote he none ill Sauynge he rubbid sum vpon the gall. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xiv. 242 Herod heard Iohn gladly while hee carped others, but hee could not abide to bee rubbed on the gall himselfe. 1640 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 172 We shall scarce read a chapter, or hear a sermon, but we shall meet with something or other that seemeth to rub upon that gaul. < as lemmas |
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