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单词 to hang a leg
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to hang a leg
c. to hang the groin, to hang a leg, to hang an arse (coarse): to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to hang back.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)]
nillOE
loathea1200
to make it tough1297
forthinka1300
reckc1300
ruea1400
to make (it) strangec1405
to make strangenessc1407
stick1418
resistc1425
to make (it) strange?1456
steek1478
tarrowc1480
doubt1483
sunyie1488
to make (it) nice1530
stay1533
shentc1540
to make courtesy (at)1542
to make it scrupulous1548
to think (it) much1548
to make dainty of (anything)1555
to lie aback1560
stand1563
steek1573
to hang back1581
erch1584
to make doubt1586
to hang the groin1587
to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589
yearn1597
to hang the winga1601
to make squeamish1611
smay1632
bogglea1638
to hang off1641
waver1643
reluct1648
shy1650
reluctate1655
stickle1656
scruple1660
to make boggle1667
revere1689
begrudge1690
to have scruples1719
stopc1738
bitch1777
reprobate1779
crane1823
disincline1885
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 600/1 At this answer the duke hoong the groine.
1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. E2 (margin) Some of our rude countrimen, English this..hanging an arse.
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. Ad Rithmum sig. Ev But if you hange an arse, like Tubered, When Chremes dragg'd him from his brothell bed, Then hence base ballad stuffe, my poetrie Disclaimes you quite.
a1640 P. Massinger Guardian v. iv. 94 in 3 New Playes (1655) Nay, No hanging an arse.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 35 Could he stir To active trot one side of's Horse, The other would not hang an-Arse.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘To hing an a—’, to loiter.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. v. 40 You have your hands on thousands, you fools, and you hang a leg!
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