| 单词 | to go to pigs and whistles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go to pigs and whistles b. pigs and whistles n. fragments, pieces; odds and ends, trivial things. to go to pigs and whistles: to fall into ruin or disrepair. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial > collectively fiddle-faddle1577 fry1587 small beer1620 pigs and whistles1681 trantlesa1689 rattletrap1742 fewtrils1763 fritter1803 nugae1822 small beer1844 trick1877 trivia1902 the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition afalleOE wanec1000 fallOE ebba1420 to go backward?a1425 to go down?1440 decay1483 sink?a1513 delapsea1530 reel1529 decline1530 to go backwards1562 rue1576 droop1577 ruina1600 set1607 lapse1641 to lose ground1647 to go to pigs and whistles1794 to come (also go) down in the world1819 to peg out1852 to lose hold, one's balance1877 to go under1879 toboggan1887 slip1930 to turn down1936 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 66 Discoursing of their Pigs and Whistles, And strange experiments of Mussels [note, Pigs and whistles, Gimcraks]. 1794 Har'st Rig xlviii. 18 For he to pygs and whistles went, And left the land. 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie III. xii. 110 The late Laird o'Wylie gaed last year a' to pigs and whistles. 1862 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 125 Curious what a curative effect a railway journey has on me always, while you it makes pigs and whistles of! 1890 J. Service Notandums 1 The place a' gaun to pigs and whussles. 1927 D. F. Bruce Dimsie Goes Back viii. 83 She's sure to think the place has gone to pigs and whistles since her generation departed. 2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Sept. 24 His life went to pigs and whistles, courtesy of fame and fortune, drink and drugs. < as lemmas |
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