单词 | to have the wood on |
释义 | > as lemmasto have the wood on j. to have the wood on (a person) and variants: to have the upper hand, to have a hold on. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. Cf. to have the goods on at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 7b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > have complete control over windc1374 to bring (a person) above the thumb1469 to have to mastery1480 to have at one's beck1530 to turn and wind1557 to bring any one to, or have him at, one's bent1575 to turn over the thumb1603 to lead in a stringc1616 to hold at school1647 to wind (a person, etc.) round one's (little) finger1698 to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748 to twist (a person) round one's finger1780 to play with ——1827 to have (one) on toast1886 to have (got) by the balls1918 to have the wood onc1926 c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 7 I hold the ‘wood’ on those who work. 1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target vi. xxii. 168 Then we've taken another hiding. And I thought we had the wood on Jerry today. 1954 T. A. G. Hungerford Sowers of Wind xxi. 264 Can't you realize I've got the wood on you? You've got two minutes. 1965 L. Haylen Big Red i. 55 It was another of her occasions of fear: she liked having the wood on you. 1974 D. Stuart Prince of my Country ix. 66 Father stands up. ‘Look, Marney... Get down and be civil or shut up and get to hell out of it’! Mr Marney dismounts... Mr Molloy pours tea and makes room on the bench. It looks as if Father has the wood on this sour old man right from the start. < as lemmas |
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