| 单词 | to come running to a person |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come running to a person (a) to come running to a person: to resort to a person for help or support (often implying helplessness or inadequacy). ΚΠ 1549 J. Ponet tr. B. Ochino Tragoedie Unjuste Usurped Primacie sig. C.iiv Being pressed with any kind of affliccion, straight they come runnyng to me. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie To Rdr. sig. *.5 Perceyuing what great trouble it was to come running to mee for euery word they missed. 1657 J. Cooke tr. J. Hall Sel. Observ. Eng. Bodies 105 M[r]s. Kempson being..tormented with a hollow tooth, and had used many medicines,..and yet not profited, came running to me. 1736 R. Hodshon Honest Man's Compan. 51 People, when they want a small Sum, commonly come running to you Attorneys. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 62 [They] hired the crier to cry the game down; upon which A—e came running to me to stop it, after he had cried it once. 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 125 How can ye hae the assurance..to come rinning to me wi' a hizzy an' bairn at your tail? 1905 W. Raymond Jacob & John iv. xv. 413 He must come running to me for certain to beg advice. 1995 Sugar June 30/3 If anyone needs a shoulder to cry on, they'll come running to you for some good advice. 2004 H. Kunzru Transmission (2005) 109 Screw you lamer, don't come running to me when it wipes your hd [= hard drive]. < as lemmas |
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