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

c. to go to grass.

(a) Of an animal: to go out to graze; to go to pasture, esp. in the springtime. Also figurative and in figurative contexts: to give up one's work or duties; to retire.

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?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 128 (MED) A good receyt for þe ciatica..Take þe doonge of an ox þat goth to gres and douwys-donge, of iche oliche miche.

1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iv. sig. I2^v The sturdy Steede, now [sc. in May] goes to grasse , and vp they hang his saddle.

1795 J. Holt Gen. View Agric. Lancaster (new ed.) xiii. 148 The proper cheesing time..begins when the cows go to grass.

1807 Balance, & Columbian Repository 17 Feb. 51/2 A person at Albany is said to have thus written to his friend—‘The dam Lewishites have turned out the old Mare and so now he will have to go to grass as the saying is.’

1927 E. Hemingway Let. 16 Feb. (2015) III. 210 You ought to go to grass and not..be working on a bloody play.

1995 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 7 Apr. (Sport section) 42 Down south they get to retiring age and go to grass on home soil.

2018 Irish Independent (Nexis) 10 July 9 If you check three hours after the cows go to grass and the water troughs are empty you are in trouble.

(b) U.S. slang. To be ruined; to be damned. Chiefly in the imperative, expressing angry or contemptuous dismissal: ‘get lost’, ‘go to hell’. Now rare.

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1836 Sangamo Jrnl. (Springfield, Illinois) 16 Jan. Tab you may go to grass, and get a husband where you can, for what I care.

1877 ‘M. Twain’ in Boston Daily Globe 18 Dec. 8/2 I wish I may go to grass if he didn't swoop down with another right bower!

1931 Boys' Life Nov. 47/2 ‘You—you go to grass!’ he found himself blurting out, refusing Bat's proffered hand.

1968 P. Taylor Stand in Mountains i. in Kenyon Rev. 30 185 Go to grass. I'd plumb forgot your sass, Zack.

a. to go to grass: to lie down on or fall to the ground. Now rare.In quot. a1640: to be killed; perhaps instead a figurative use of Phrases 2c(a).

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal

to light lowc1225

wendc1300

to seek to the earth or groundc1330

tumblea1375

stretchc1400

to take a fall1413

to blush to the eartha1500

to come down1603

to go to grassa1640

to be floored1826

to take a spilla1845

to come (fall, get) a cropper1858

to hunt grass1872

to come (also have) a buster1874

to hit the deck1954

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Little French Lawyer iv. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. K3/2 Away good Sampson, You goe to grasse els instantly.

1848 F. A. Durivage Stray Subj. 95 A gentleman..declared that he might go to grass with his old canoe, for he didn't think it would be much of a shower, anyhow.

1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 82 I naturally went to grass through having too much steam on to be able to pull up in time.

1933 Washington (Iowa) Democrat-Independent 7 Dec. 2/2 The front end tipped up and down came those 250 pounds on top of plug hat and little man and all went to grass together.

单词	to go to grass
释义	> as lemmas to go to grass c. to go to grass. (a) Of an animal: to go out to graze; to go to pasture, esp. in the springtime. Also figurative and in figurative contexts: to give up one's work or duties; to retire. ΚΠ ?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 128 (MED) A good receyt for þe ciatica..Take þe doonge of an ox þat goth to gres and douwys-donge, of iche oliche miche. 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iv. sig. I2^v The sturdy Steede, now [sc. in May] goes to grasse , and vp they hang his saddle. 1795 J. Holt Gen. View Agric. Lancaster (new ed.) xiii. 148 The proper cheesing time..begins when the cows go to grass. 1807 Balance, & Columbian Repository 17 Feb. 51/2 A person at Albany is said to have thus written to his friend—‘The dam Lewishites have turned out the old Mare and so now he will have to go to grass as the saying is.’ 1927 E. Hemingway Let. 16 Feb. (2015) III. 210 You ought to go to grass and not..be working on a bloody play. 1995 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 7 Apr. (Sport section) 42 Down south they get to retiring age and go to grass on home soil. 2018 Irish Independent (Nexis) 10 July 9 If you check three hours after the cows go to grass and the water troughs are empty you are in trouble. (b) U.S. slang. To be ruined; to be damned. Chiefly in the imperative, expressing angry or contemptuous dismissal: ‘get lost’, ‘go to hell’. Now rare. ΚΠ 1836 Sangamo Jrnl. (Springfield, Illinois) 16 Jan. Tab you may go to grass, and get a husband where you can, for what I care. 1877 ‘M. Twain’ in Boston Daily Globe 18 Dec. 8/2 I wish I may go to grass if he didn't swoop down with another right bower! 1931 Boys' Life Nov. 47/2 ‘You—you go to grass!’ he found himself blurting out, refusing Bat's proffered hand. 1968 P. Taylor Stand in Mountains i. in Kenyon Rev. 30 185 Go to grass. I'd plumb forgot your sass, Zack. extracted from grassn.¹ to go to grass a. to go to grass: to lie down on or fall to the ground. Now rare.In quot. a1640: to be killed; perhaps instead a figurative use of Phrases 2c(a). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal to light lowc1225 wendc1300 to seek to the earth or groundc1330 tumblea1375 stretchc1400 to take a fall1413 to blush to the eartha1500 to come down1603 to go to grassa1640 to be floored1826 to take a spilla1845 to come (fall, get) a cropper1858 to hunt grass1872 to come (also have) a buster1874 to hit the deck1954 a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Little French Lawyer iv. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. K3/2 Away good Sampson, You goe to grasse els instantly. 1848 F. A. Durivage Stray Subj. 95 A gentleman..declared that he might go to grass with his old canoe, for he didn't think it would be much of a shower, anyhow. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 82 I naturally went to grass through having too much steam on to be able to pull up in time. 1933 Washington (Iowa) Democrat-Independent 7 Dec. 2/2 The front end tipped up and down came those 250 pounds on top of plug hat and little man and all went to grass together. extracted from grassn.¹ < as lemmas
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