单词 | to cop a packet |
释义 | > as lemmasto cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet f. colloquial (originally Military). A bullet or other missile; a bullet wound; (more generally) trouble, misfortune. Only in to cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet: to be killed or wounded; (also) to get into trouble, to be reprimanded. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (intransitive)] > be killed to be deadc1000 fallOE spilla1300 suffera1616 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) toa1774 to lose the number of one's mess1807 to go up1825 to get his (also hers, theirs)1903 to cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet1916 click1917 not to know (or to wonder) what hit one1923 to get the works1928 to go for a burton1941 (to get) the chop or chopper1945 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > be rebuked or scolded to hear of it1598 to get on (also upon) the finger ends1693 to get one's lug in one's loof1744 to get wrong1803 to catch or get Jesse1839 to come in for it1841 to get hell1851 to cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet1916 to have a strip torn off1940 1916 Duke of Cambridge's Own ‘Fall in’ 22 Apr. 207/2 ‘Copped a packet’ or ‘clicked’..wounded. 1916 P. MacGill Red Horizon v. 59 One of our boys was seated..blood trickling down his arm on to his clothes..a red gash showing above the knee... ‘Stopped a packet, matey?’ Stoner enquired. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 219 Packet, a bullet wound, e.g. it would be said of a wounded man:—He ‘stopped a packet’ or ‘bought a packet’—i.e., got hit by a bullet. Also, any trouble or unexpected bad luck. 1927 P. MacDonald Patrol iv. 31 ‘Christ!’ The Jew laughed. ‘Thought you was a Buddoo, Sergeant. You nearly caught a packet.’ 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise vii. 120 I'm really fearfully sorry you copped that packet that was meant for me. 1978 A. Price '44 Vintage iii. 39 We've been disbanded... The same thing's happening to the 2nd Northants, they've caught a packet too. 1989 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder goes Forth in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 439/2 Blackadder. And Bumfluff himself? George. Copped a packet at Gallipoli with the Ozzies. 2007 North Devon Jrnl. (Nexis) 26 July 6 Regular Journal correspondent TP Gidman certainly copped a packet in last week's letters page concerning his missive about smoking. < as lemmas |
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