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单词 to have by the throat
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to have (also hold, seize, take, etc.) by the throat
(a) to have (also hold, seize, take, etc.) by the throat: to have or obtain power over, to dominate; to have in one's power, assert one's will over; to have or take firm control of.In later use in sporting contexts probably influenced by to have the game by the throat at Phrases 3b(b), referring to dominance in a sporting contest or competition.
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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > catch or capture [verb (transitive)] > violently
to have (also hold, seize, take, etc.) by the throat1578
1578 W. Gace tr. M. Luther Special & Chosen Serm. 450 If sinne come, and woulde haue thee by the throte, sende it vnto Christ.
1630 A. Cade Iustification Church of Eng. ii. i. §4 197 Vnder the papacy was the Church and Flocke of Christ, but gouerned, partly by hirelings, partly by wolues, and that Antichrist held it by the throat.
1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France iii. 840 The said Duke..held the City of Aix by the throat, as he did the Count de Carces, and the Parliament.
1704 B. Kennet tr. B. Pascal Thoughts Relig. 200 All the numerous Miseries..which seize us, and hold us by the Throat.
1874 S. J. Watson Constit. Hist. Canada xxii. 128 The Legislative Councils, nominated by the Crown, held the Legislative Assemblies by the throat.
1883 Continent 26 Sept. 391/2 Seize opportunity by the throat.
1933 Mansfield (Ohio) News 14 Jan. 6/2 At 47, I did not have so many active years ahead. If I wanted adventure, I must seize life by the throat.
1972 Times 26 Apr. 5/3 The Opposition's belief that it has the Government by the throat and must strike now.
1980 Observer 17 Feb. 31/1 Villa had the game by the throat for almost all of the afternoon.
1995 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 2 Sept. e1 At 4–4, neither player seemed to want to grab the match by the throat.
2014 Guardian (Nexis) 7 June (Review section) 11 Grabbing an audience by the throat and giving them no choice but to keep reading.
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