| 单词 | to flog the clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto flog the clock d. figurative in phrases, to flog the glass (see quot.); to flog the clock, to move the hands forward; to flog a dead horse: see horse n. 19. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [verb (intransitive)] > turn hourglass to flog the glass1769 the world > time > reckoning of time > reckon or measure time [verb (intransitive)] > advance the time illegitimately to flog the glass1769 to warm the bell1924 the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [verb (intransitive)] > move the hands or be set to flog the clock1894 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Manger du sable, to flog the glass, or cheat the glass; expressed of the steersman, who turns the watch-glasses before they have run out, to shorten the period of his watch. 1894 Daily Chron. 4 Aug. 3/5 I got suspicious that it [the clock] was being flogged—that is, altered—in the interest of making the time of those in the mate's watch shorter. < as lemmas |
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