| 单词 | to have one's fling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have one's fling 5. A fit or spell of unrestrained indulgence of one's impulses. to have one's fling: usually, to abandon oneself to pleasure until the impulse is satisfied. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > seek or look after one's own interest [verb (intransitive)] > indulge oneself > until impulse is satisfied to have one's fling1827 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > selfishness > self-pleasing or self-indulgence > activity or period devoted to fling1827 trip1967 power trip1968 ego-trip1969 1827 J. Barrington Personal Sketches Own Times II. 435 They took care previously to have their fling. 1840 E. Howard Jack Ashore III. iii From this morning may Jack's fling of extravagance be dated. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. i. 4 I should like to have my fling out before I marry. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days (1871) ii. ii. 230 During this hour or hour-and-a-half he used to take his fling. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 71 Give me my fling, and let me say my say. < as lemmas |
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