| 单词 | to have one's tail up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have one's tail up e. to get one's tail down and variants, to become dispirited; to have one's tail up and variants, to be in good spirits. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > be cheerful [verb (intransitive)] to be of (good) comfortc1320 risea1400 to feel good1821 to have one's tail up1853 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)] heavyOE fallOE droopena1225 lourc1290 droopc1330 to abate one's countenance (also cheer)a1350 dullc1374 fainta1375 languora1375 languisha1382 afflicta1393 gloppen?a1400 weary1434 appalc1450 to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, hose, etc.)c1450 peak1580 dumpc1585 mopea1592 sink1603 bate1607 deject1644 despond1655 alamort?1705 sadden1718 dismal1780 munge1790 mug1828 to get one's tail down1853 to have (also get) the pip1881 shadow1888 to have (one's) ass in a sling1960 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 97 To use an expressive Westernism, ‘Dave's tail was up’, and every possible preparation was made to preclude a failure. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 318 Tail-down, ‘to get the tail down’, generally means to lose courage. When a professional at any game loses heart in a match he is said to get his tail down. ‘His tail was quite down, and it was all over.’ 1917 G. S. Gordon Let. 26 Apr. (1943) 75 We were getting jaded till this touch of spring came, and now we have our tails up again, and are prepared to attack anything. 1921 Punch 12 Jan. 23 I must try and keep my tail up. 1923 J. Galsworthy Captures 190 He was a Northumbrian..and his ‘tail still up’, as he expressed it. 1928 Sunday Disp. 15 July 14 I sincerely hope that..standard producers..will not get their tails down over this ‘cheap record boom’. 1933 P. G. Wodehouse Mulliner Nights iii. 93 ‘Tails up, Uncle Theodore, tails up!’ ‘Tails up!’ repeated the Bishop dutifully, but he spoke the words without any real ring of conviction in his voice. 1941 C. Morgan Empty Room ii. 88 May be a snag somewhere. Usually is when one gets one's tail up about an idea. 1960 E. P. C. Cotter Tackle Croquet this Way ix. 61 My opponent's tail was up so I decided to get him off balance if I could. 1978 R. Mark Office of Constable xv. 187 Nevertheless, in dealing with the worst forms of crime our tails were well up. < as lemmas |
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