| 单词 | to have a slate loose or off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a slate loose or off c. to have a slate loose or off, to be weak in intellect. (Cf. tile n.1) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > be intellectually weak [verb (intransitive)] to have a want1823 to have a slate loose or off1854 1854 J. E. Millais Let. 25 May in M. Lutyens Millais & Ruskins (1967) 216 Ruskin..is certainly mad or has a slate loose. 1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. iii. i. 133 The college tutor..facetiously likened his head to a roof, and said there was a slate loosened in it.] 1860 Slang Dict. 218 He has a slate loose. 1862 Athenæum 27 Sept. 397 On too good terms with himself to think that..there is a ‘loose slate’, in his intellectual covering. 1867 R. Broughton Cometh up as Flower II. xvi. 240 You must have a slate off this morning, Nell! < as lemmas |
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