单词 | to flay the fox |
释义 | > as lemmasto flay the fox 6. Phrases. to flay a flint: to be guilty of the worst meanness or extortion in order to get money. (cf. flay-flint n.). †to flay the fox: to vomit (translating French slang écorcher le renard). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly or mean [verb (intransitive)] > extremely to flay a flint1653 to skin a flint1656 to whip the cata1825 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > evil desire > [verb (intransitive)] > behave evilly for personal gain to flay a flint1653 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > vomit spewc897 vomea1382 brake1393 perbreak?a1400 castc1440 envomish1480 parbreak1495 vomita1500 to cast the crawa1529 to cast (up), heave, spue up, vomit one's gorgea1529 galpa1535 to cast out1561 puke1586 purge1596 void1605 to jerk, shoot, whip the cat1609 rid1647 to flay the fox1653 posset1781 to shoot the cat1785 to throw up1793 throw1804 cascade1805 reject1822 yark1867 sick1924 to toss (also shoot, blow, etc.) one's cookies1927 to lose a dinner (or a meal)1941 to spew one's ring1949 chunder1950 barf1960 upchuck1960 yuck1963 ralph1966 to go for the big spit1967 vom1991 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais in Wks. (1694) i. xi. 42 He would flay the Fox. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 398 Some of them were so strict that they would flea a flint. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Flay He'll flay a Flint, of a meer Scrat or Miser. < as lemmas |
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