| 单词 | to come off the roof |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come off the roof P8. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). to come off the roof: to abandon an attitude of superiority; not to put on airs; to come back down to reality (chiefly in imperative). Cf. to come, etc., off one's high horse at horse n. 23b. Now rare.In quot. 2004 in a historical context. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > be humble [verb (intransitive)] > become humble to come downa1382 meeka1400 meekena1500 let fall one's crest1531 to come (also get) off one's perch1568 to come down a peg1589 lower1837 to come off the roof1883 to climb down1887 deflate1912 to come, etc., off one's high horse1920 1883 Life 22 Nov. 256/2 ‘I really wish Mr. Dana would come off the roof. What have I done that I should be made such fun of? I object.’—Holman. 1895 W. P. Ridge Minor Dialogues ix. 86 She took up such a 'igh and mighty attitude..so I says to her, I says, ‘Come off the roof.’ 1910 ‘I. Hay’ Right Stuff i. v. 81 ‘He must be a youth of gigantic intellect,’ I said. ‘Oh, come off the roof!’ 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. ix. 111 Come off the roof, bo. You know well enough who he is. He's your grandson. On the level. 2004 L. Titchener Gunshy ii. 1 All right, come off the roof. I won't comment further. Have you completed your business? < as lemmas |
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