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单词 to flay the fox
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to 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).
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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.
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