单词 | to lose a strip |
释义 | > as lemmasto lose a strip h. to tear (someone) off a strip, to tear a strip off (someone) and variants: to upbraid or reprimand (someone); to lose a strip, to have a strip torn off, to be reprimanded or receive a dressing-down. colloquial (originally R.A.F. slang). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > be rebuked or scolded to hear of it1598 to get on (also upon) the finger ends1693 to get one's lug in one's loof1744 to get wrong1803 to catch or get Jesse1839 to come in for it1841 to get hell1851 to cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet1916 to have a strip torn off1940 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely dressc1405 wipe1523 to take up1530 whip1530 to shake upa1556 trounce1607 castigatea1616 lasha1616 objurgate1616 thunderstrike1638 snub1672 drape1683 cut1737 rowa1798 score1812 to dress down1823 to pitch into ——1823 wig1829 to row (a person) up1838 to catch or get Jesse1839 slate1840 drop1853 to drop (down) to or on (to)1859 to give (a person) rats1862 to jump upon1868 to give (a person) fits1871 to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880 lambaste1886 ruck1899 bollock1901 bawl1903 scrub1911 burn1914 to hang, draw, and quarter1930 to tear a strip off1940 to tear (someone) off a strip1940 brass1943 rocket1948 bitch1952 tee1955 fan- 1940 N. Monks Squadrons Up! ii. 56 For any breaches of discipline..he would ‘tear a strip’ off the luckless pilots. 1940 ‘N. Shute’ Landfall i. 25 Dickens tore me off a strip just now. 1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path i. 30 I didn't particularly like doing it, and I had the hell of a strip torn off about it afterwards. 1952 E. F. Davies Illyrian Venture iv. 71 Nicholls used to tear tremendous strips off Trayhorn. 1957 L. P. Hartley Hireling 42 If my wife saw me wearing one, she would tear me off a strip. a1963 J. Lusby in B. James Austral. Short Stories (1963) 225 It's all right... I've just lost a strip, too. 1967 Listener 31 Aug. 264/1 Mr Kosygin..tore great strips off almost every major industry for inefficiency, or shoddy work, or both. 1979 ‘M. Hebden’ Death set to Music ix. 99 He'd clearly suspected it might have been Nosjean's [idea] and had been hoping to be able to tear a strip off him. < as lemmas |
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