| 单词 | to flap one's mouth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto flap one's mouth b. intransitive. colloquial. To speak (anxiously) about; to be upset; to become agitated; to fuss; to panic. (Cf. flap n. 2c.) Also (transitive) to flap one's mouth. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > be in state of nervous excitement [verb (intransitive)] to take ona1450 seethe1609 trepidate1623 to take on oneself1632 flutter1668 pother1715 to be upon the nettle (also in a nettle)1723 to be nerve all over1778 to be all nerve1819 to be (all) on wires1824 to break up1825 to carry on1828 to be on (occasionally upon or on the) edge1872 faff1874 to have kittens1900 flap1910 to be in, get in(to), a flap1939 to go sparec1942 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 faffle1965 to get one's knickers in a twist1971 to have a canary1971 to wet one's pants1979 tweak1981 1870 G. Meredith Let. 27 Jan. (1970) I. 415 Out flaps the big girl with a whinny, Fire! Fire!] 1910 H. G. Wells Hist. Mr. Polly vii. 166 You go flapping your silly mouth about me, and I'll give you a poke in the eye. 1912 R. Kipling in London Mag. Apr. 170/1 ‘We're a nice lot to flap about governing the Planet,’ De Forest laughed. 1927 J. Elder Thomasina Toddy ix ‘Anne's a jolly nice person,’ she said to Stella. ‘Not bad. Nothing to flap about,’ said Stella. 1927 J. Elder Thomasina Toddy xxii ‘It's beastly, being so little,’ she said crossly. Anne..said ‘But it doesn't matter, Tom. You mustn't let it. It's silly to flap about things which can't be remedied.’ 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 32 A person who can't ‘cope’ or who is very nervous is told to stop ‘flapping’. 1952 J. Cannan Body in Beck viii. 171 My mamma flaps about my climbing, he said, and I said..it's no more dangerous than crossing the Corn. 1959 J. Verney Friday's Tunnel iii. 39 Mummy..burst into tears. I put my arm round her waist. ‘Please don't flap.’ < as lemmas |
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