单词 | to come the |
释义 | > as lemmasto come the —— (with or over a person) b. slang or colloquial. In various phrases with a noun or pronoun as object, esp. in to come the —— (with or over a person). extracted from comev. (a) To try to deceive or get the better of someone with a specified trick, stratagem, etc. Now frequently in don't come that —— with me. Cf. to come over —— 3 at Phrasal verbs 2, to come it over (also with) a person at Phrases 2a(c).See also to come the double at double n. 6, to come the fob on at fob n.1 2, to come the levant at levant n.2, to come the raw prawn (over, with, etc.) at prawn n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > play tricks [phrase] to do or make a blenk or blencha1250 to play (a person) a pageant1530 to give one the geck1568 to play a paw1568 to draw through the water with a cat1631 come1714 to run one's rig upon1793 to come (the) paddy over1809 to work a traverse1840 to go on, have, take a lark1884 to pull a fast one1912 to take for a ride1925 to pull a person's pissera1935 to pull a person's chain1975 1714 T. Lucas Mem. Most Famous Gamesters & Sharpers 111 He hath ventur'd to come the Levant over Gentlemen. 1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 167 He then comes the stale story of ‘If you will give me eight or nine shillings for my share, you shall have the whole’. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Yorkshire tyke To come Yorkshire over any one, to cheat him. 1848 W. T. Thompson Major Jones's Sketches Trav. xiii. 115 That won't do... You can't cum that game over this crowd. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxvii. 253 Barnes..is trying to come the religious dodge. 1860 E. Bennett Forest & Prairie 295 I knowed, ef I couldn't play possum and come the blind over the Injun, I war a gone beaver. 1891 Cassell's Family Mag. 81 Then he up and tells him flat He needn't come no tales like that. 1902 A. W. Marchmont Miser Hoadley's Secret xxiv. 251 I'll teach you to come your tricks with me, you baggage. 1919 G. W. Ogden Land of Last Chance 169 She..winked expressively, with a lifting of the corner of her flexible mouth toward the corner of her closed eye, as if to say they couldn't come any tricks over her. 1977 R. Beilby Gunner 257 Don't come that stunt with me, sport. 1998 J. Dettman Mallawindy (2007) 40 Don't pile your bloody guilt on me. I've got enough of my own. Don't you come that shit with me. 2015 E. Dolan Tell no Tales 376 Don't sit there and come that bollocks with me. (b) To adopt a specified attitude or behaviour, or to act or behave like a specified type of person, animal, or thing (often so as to try to deceive or get the better of someone).See also to come the acid at acid adj. and n. Phrases 2, to come the big figure at figure n. 20b, to come the old soldier at old soldier n. 1c, to come (the) paddy over at paddy n.2 1b, to come (the) possum over (a person) at possum n.1 Phrases 2, to come the Rothschild at Rothschild n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > role-playing > play the part of [verb (transitive)] to bear the person of?1533 act1599 personate1604 comediate1624 tip1712 impersonate1715 come1721 role-play1951 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] act1585 come1721 inact1900 play-act1962 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > outwit, get the better of undergoa1325 circumvene1526 crossbitec1555 circumvent1564 gleek1577 outreach1579 fob1583 overreach1594 fub1600 encompassa1616 out-craftya1616 out-knave1648 mump1649 jockey1708 come1721 nail1735 slew1813 Jew1825 to sew up1837 to play (it) low down (on)1864 outfox1872 beat1873 outcraft1879 to get a beat on1889 old soldier1892 to put one over1905 to get one over on1912 to get one over1921 outsmart1926 shaft1959 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > assume character tip1712 come1721 1721 C. Cibber Refusal i. 9 Bring out of my Money, I was forced to come the Caster, and tumbled for Five Hundred dead. 1780 J. O'Keeffe Tony Lumpkin in Town ii. 29 Diggory, I tell you once for all, if you come the gentleman usher, while I am by, you'll absolutely knock your head against my fistis. 1798 J. O'Keeffe Czar Peter ii, in Dramatic Wks. III. 154 I'll come the great man over them. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 24 The inimitable manner in which Bill Thompson can come the double monkey. 1846 Knickerbocker Apr. 405 Young Conkey—who is a clerk in Doolittle's—tries to ‘come the agreeable’ over Phemy, and she answers him politely. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 691/1 If you try to come the bully over me. 1889 Mrs. Randolph New Eve II. viii. 23 He might..be inclined to come the gentleman, and pay for the same. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xlii. 418 He very soon left off coming the righteous over me. 1962 C. Watson Hopjoy was Here ix. 96 I never thought he'd come the old green-eyed monster. 1962 Spectator 13 Apr. 467 Fancied he could come the old bland condescension over Erpf. 1970 G. Chapman et al. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1989) I. xvi. 215 Don't you shout at me, madam, don't come that tone. 1989 K. MacColl (song title) in Kite (record sleeve notes) Don't come the cowboy with me Sonny Jim! 2014 N. Plane Golden Goddess vi. 82 Don't come the innocent with me. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。