| 单词 | to have the wrong pig by the ear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have (also take, catch) the wrong pig by the ear (also tail) P9. to have (also take, catch) the wrong pig by the ear (also tail): to take an incorrect view; to arrive at the wrong conclusion, solution, etc.; to be mistaken. Cf. sow n.1 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misunderstand [phrase] to take amissa1425 to walk wide in words1529 to have (also take, catch) the wrong pig by the ear (also tail)1536 to be out of the story1649 to be at cross-purposes1688 I beg your pardon1806 to lose track of1894 to get (someone) wrong1927 to speak past ——1952 to lose the thread1956 1536 J. Husee Let. 13 May in State Papers Henry VIII (P.R.O.: SP 1/103) f. 281 I fere me that I haue takyn a wrong pigg by the ere. 1611 G. H. tr. Anti-Coton i. 23 The Iesuite then, and Cardinall Bellarmine, take the wrong Pigge by the eare, in labouring to iustifie Garnet and Oldcorne. 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 440 You'd have sworn he had got the wrong pig by the ear. 1793 Amer. Mercury 14 Jan. 2/1 Congress shall know it, and from me shall hear That they have caught the wrong pig by the ear. 1839 Times 5 Oct. 6/4 But you have got the wrong pig by the ear; that was a Mr. George Nash, and not this claimant. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xxiii. 213 I hain't ben runnin' the Eagle tavern fer quite a consid'able while. You got the wrong pig by the ear as usual. 1933 Times 7 Mar. 15/6 Mr. Maxton..seems, if one may say so, to have got the wrong pig by the tail. 1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 July 11 We may just have the wrong pig by the ear. < as lemmas |
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