| 单词 | to do something till one is blue in the face |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do something till (also until) one is blue in the face P4. blue in the face: (used hyperbolically) blue-faced or livid with anger, excitement, effort, etc.; now usually in to do something till (also until) one is blue in the face: to do something for as long as, or as hard as, one possibly can, usually without success. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [adjective] > discoloured wanc700 blaec1325 bluec1390 swarta1400 livid?a1425 pinch-spotteda1616 jaundiced1640 blue in the face1792 the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > livid wanc700 blaea1325 bloa1325 bluec1390 livid?a1425 lividous1598 haw1768 blue in the face1792 1792 Trans. London Methodist Parsons i. 5 The man of the house..Began..to look blue in the face. However, they care'd not a jot for his look. 1845 W. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Life in Dalecarlia (U.S. ed.) 74/1 No, no, I shan't stay now. We might talk each other blue in the face, without being convinced. 1864 A. Trollope Small House at Allington II. xvii. 175 You may talk to her till you're both blue in the face, if you please. 1917 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony I. viii. 175 He alone must argue himself blue in the face over it. 1970 K. Williams Diary 15 July (1993) 377 I've soundproofed till I'm blue in the face, but the noise of a piano you cannot guard against. 2007 Now 21 May 8/2 He can propose until he's blue in the face, but she won't say yes. < as lemmas |
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