单词 | to go eyes out |
释义 | > as lemmasto go eyes out r. colloquial. eyes out: = all out adv. 4; esp. in to go eyes out (chiefly New Zealand and Australian). Cf. full tilt at tilt n.2 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)] > go at full speed to burn the earth or windc1275 streekc1380 career1647 streak1768 streak1834 score1858 to go eyes out1863 to go for the doctor1907 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed full speed1382 with topsailc1400 at spursa1500 on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525 amain1555 a main pace (also speed)1567 full tilt?a1600 upon full stretch1697 at full tilt1713 at (also on) full speed1749 (at) full split1836 full chisel1837 (at) full pelt1841 full swing1843 ventre à terre1848 full out1886 at full lick1889 hell-for-leather1889 all out1895 eyes out1895 flat out1932 1863 E. R. Chudleigh Diary 8 Jan. (1950) iii. 63 My horse turning to quickly while I was going eyes out, fell and rowled oaver. 1895 J. Roberts Diary 28/1 You weren't travelling ‘eyes out’ were you? 1907 Mrs. A. J. Hawdon New Zealanders & Boer War ix. 185 We went ‘eyes out’ to catch up. 1945 J. Pascoe in N.Z. Geographer Apr. 24 Musterers go ‘eyes out’ to keep the sheds fed with sheep. 1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. 177 In a light poem, Butler uses the expression eyes out to mean as fast or as energetically as possible. One still hears ‘We'll have to go eyes out to get finished in time’. 2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Apr. 17 Should he conserve his energy to prime himself for the majors, or go eyes-out in trying to win every match and every trophy? < as lemmas |
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