| 单词 | to have one's collar felt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have one's collar felt a. figurative (from 4–6.) Also phrases: †to slip (the) collar: to escape from restraint; to draw back from a task or undertaking: also †to shrink collar. out of (or in) collar: out of (or in) work or regular employment. against the collar: entailing continuous exertion or hard strain, as when a horse presses against the collar in pulling a heavy load or in going up a hill (cf. sense 6); cf. collar-work n. to feel (someone's) collar: to arrest; frequently passive, to have one's collar felt (Criminals' slang). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (intransitive)] > escape from restraint to slip (the) collar1571 to get (also pull, wrench, etc.) free1590 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise starta1450 fang1522 recidivate1528 to draw back1572 flinch1578 to shrink collar1579 retract1616 to shrink out of the collar1636 renege1651 to fly off1667 to slip (the) collarc1677 to declare off1749 to cry off1775 to back out1807 to fight off1833 crawfish1848 welsh1871 to pull out1884 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed servicelessc1450 unlabouredc1450 masterless1471 unwrought1550 unplaced1558 labourless1576 flag-fallen1609 unlabouring1619 disemployed1651 hireless1651 unengaged1654 unemployed1667 unworking1696 untoiling1748 workless1758 occupationless1822 placeless1828 out of work1833 non-working1841 unhired1852 jobless1862 out of (or in) collar1862 non-employed1876 spare1919 on the beach1923 in dry dock1927 off-the-job1950 on (also upon) the street(s)1980 unwaged1981 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > with great exertion against the collar1862 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (intransitive)] > be arrested fall1874 to take a fall1922 to have one's collar felt1950 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (intransitive)] to feel (someone's) collar1970 1470 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 560 I shall do as well as I may, for fawt of monye, tyll I spek wyth yow. I haue many callars on, as I shall tell yow when I come. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxvi. 3) The harde and stif~necked (whiche woold fayne slip their neckes out of his coler). 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 908 He began a litle to rowse him selfe, and to lift vp his head: but he shrunke choller againe soone after, bicause the Athenians woulde not rise. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 269 The Ape..would have slipt the coller handsomly. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 297 Sliely slip off the Collar of their Civill Subjection. c1677 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery 34 When we were engaged in a War, the Dutch would likely slip Collar, leave us in the War. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 114 It obliged sovereigns to submit to the soft collar of social esteem. View more context for this quotation 1855 A. Manning Old Chelsea Bun-house vii. 108 Your gentler Birth and Bringing-up..makes the Collar so hard to wear. 1862 All Year Round 13 Sept. 12 Lor' bless you, I've known a leading man, out of collar, say ‘sir’ to Joey. 1950 P. Tempest Lag's Lexicon 49 To ‘get your collar felt (or touched)’ is to be arrested or stopped by the police. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard 272 The Rubber Heels would have felt his collar too when the business was done. 1985 Daily Tel. 11 July 14/3 Will old-timers be able to play dominoes or cribbage without the risk of having their collars felt? < as lemmas |
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