| 单词 | to clean clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto clean (also fix, stop, etc.) (someone's) clock P9. to clean (also fix, stop, etc.) (someone's) clock: to inflict violence on (someone), to beat up; to kill; (also) to defeat soundly, to get the better of. [The application to a person is probably influenced by sense A. 11.] ΚΠ 1895 P. H. Emerson Birds, Beasts, & Fishes Norfolk Broadland i. lxv. 203 The man approached the bird, and struck it a deadly blow with the stock of his gun... ‘Old Frank [sc. a heron] ha' done me out of many an eel—the warmint—but I ha' cleaned his clock now.’ 1899 Puck 1 Mar. ‘He'd..make his enemies walk the plank.’.. ‘Aw, now, he wouldn't!.. Dewey would fix his clock in less 'n no time!’ 1939 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 1 June 4/7 Whenever an anti-American speaker..undertakes to enlist Americans against the furtive, unseen enemy, one question may be asked him which will stop his clock. 1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders xlii. 576 Those damned nerds win the college championship every other year. I went to Minnesota, and they cleaned our clock twice in a row. 2014 D. Alward Cowboy's Christmas Gift ii. 26 One day some kid was picking on my little sister. I cleaned his clock and told him never to bother her again. < as lemmas |
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