| 单词 | to give running shoes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) (his or her) running shoes P2. Originally and chiefly New Zealand. to give (a person) (his or her) running shoes: to dismiss (a person), esp. from political office. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss > unceremoniously to send packingc1450 trussa1500 to go (send, etc.) away with a flea in one's ear1577 to set packing1577 pack1589 ship1594 to send away with a fly in one's ear1606 to give a packing penny to1609 to pack off1693 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 to send about one's business1728 trundle1794 to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1816 bundle1823 to give the bucket to1863 shake1872 to give (a person) the finger1874 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (someone or something) the chuck1888 to give (someone) the gate1918 to get the (big) bird1924 to tie a can to (or on)1926 to give (a person) (his or her) running shoes1938 to give (someone) the Lonsdale1958 1938 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 252 193/2 The whole of those officers were kicked out—given their ‘running shoes’. 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 438/1 Running shoes, give someone his, to dismiss someone, as a suitor or an employee; to terminate a personal or business relationship, usu. in anger. 1963 B. Pearson Coal Flat vi. 111 Like Bob Semple used to say about hit-and-run drivers—give them their running shoes. 1980 I. F. Grant Unauthorized Version 136/1 The Hon. R. Semple has told the country that members of Government boards who obstruct the Government will..be given ‘running shoes’. < as lemmas |
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