英语词汇“to go a grey gate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). to go a grey gate and variants: to become bad or wicked; to come to a bad end.

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1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 380 You'll gang a gray Gate yet..you will come to an ill End.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. i. 59 I'll ne'er advise my Niece sae gray a Gate, Nor will she be advis'd fou well I wate.

1787 J. Elphinston Propriety Ascertained II. 119 But I dread he'l gae af at the nail wih hemsal: I wos he mayna saw aw staps, or gang a gray gate.

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 281 Its a sad and sair pity to behold youthfu' blood gaun a gate sae gray.

1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 197 Only for it that couple's poor orphans wouldn't be left without father or mother as they were; nor poor Hurrish go the grey gate he did.

1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. 200 He has gane a grey-gate.

1885 J. Hamilton Poems 302 An' Jean, the ae daughter, had gane a grey-gate.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 155/2 Go a grey gate, go astray, come to a bad end.

单词	to go a grey gate
释义	> as lemmas to go a grey gate P2. Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). to go a grey gate and variants: to become bad or wicked; to come to a bad end. ΚΠ 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 380 You'll gang a gray Gate yet..you will come to an ill End. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. i. 59 I'll ne'er advise my Niece sae gray a Gate, Nor will she be advis'd fou well I wate. 1787 J. Elphinston Propriety Ascertained II. 119 But I dread he'l gae af at the nail wih hemsal: I wos he mayna saw aw staps, or gang a gray gate. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 281 Its a sad and sair pity to behold youthfu' blood gaun a gate sae gray. 1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 197 Only for it that couple's poor orphans wouldn't be left without father or mother as they were; nor poor Hurrish go the grey gate he did. 1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. 200 He has gane a grey-gate. 1885 J. Hamilton Poems 302 An' Jean, the ae daughter, had gane a grey-gate. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 155/2 Go a grey gate, go astray, come to a bad end. extracted from greygrayadj.n. < as lemmas
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