英语词汇“to get or have by the short and curlies”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. of grass, wool, hair, down, etc. to get by the short hairs: see to get (a person) by the short hairs at hair n. Phrases 15. Also, in same sense (slang, originally Military), to get or have (a person) by the short and curlies.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > force into a difficult situation

to tie to the stake1544

fix1736

to set up1747

corner1824

to drive into a corner1861

bunker1930

to get or have (a person) by the short and curlies1948

to box (a person, esp. oneself) into a corner1955

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxxvi. 968 Herbes of mounteyns and of hihe places beþ þynnere and schortere þan herbes of valeys and of medes.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xv^v Shorte hay & ley hay is good for shepe.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 603 The salt and short pasture.

1620 Westward for Smelts (1848) 55 She felt by the short haire on his head, that it was the priest.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 95 The pyramidal Seed, crowned by the short down.

1823 L. Irby & J. Mangles Trav. (1844) viii. 149/2 The short woolly hair of the Africans.

1859 Habits Good Society i. 114 Nothing..makes the face look so unlovely as a chin covered with short stubble.

1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce (1872) ii. 200 The long silk staple of Georgia, and the short cottons of Egypt.

1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 168 Short and curlies, the short hairs, in the phrase ‘He got me by the short and curlies’—he caught me out properly.

1956 P. Scott Male Child iii. i. 191 ‘Is there any point in going on, if you can't fool yourself?’.. ‘Of course not. That's where we're got by the short and curlies. We cling on.’

1969 J. Gardner Founder Member iv. 72 ‘Stalemate?’.. ‘Looks like it... Got us hard by the short and curlies. I wouldn't try arguing.’

1971 D. Francis Bonecrack xii. 153 Suppose..that I abducted Alessandro... I would then have Enso by the short and curlies.

1976 P. Hill Hunters xi. 164 There is no need for kid gloves now, we've got him by the short and curlies.

单词	to get or have by the short and curlies
释义	> as lemmas to get or have (a person) by the short and curlies b. of grass, wool, hair, down, etc. to get by the short hairs: see to get (a person) by the short hairs at hair n. Phrases 15. Also, in same sense (slang, originally Military), to get or have (a person) by the short and curlies. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > force into a difficult situation to tie to the stake1544 fix1736 to set up1747 corner1824 to drive into a corner1861 bunker1930 to get or have (a person) by the short and curlies1948 to box (a person, esp. oneself) into a corner1955 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxxvi. 968 Herbes of mounteyns and of hihe places beþ þynnere and schortere þan herbes of valeys and of medes. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xv^v Shorte hay & ley hay is good for shepe. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 603 The salt and short pasture. 1620 Westward for Smelts (1848) 55 She felt by the short haire on his head, that it was the priest. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 95 The pyramidal Seed, crowned by the short down. 1823 L. Irby & J. Mangles Trav. (1844) viii. 149/2 The short woolly hair of the Africans. 1859 Habits Good Society i. 114 Nothing..makes the face look so unlovely as a chin covered with short stubble. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce (1872) ii. 200 The long silk staple of Georgia, and the short cottons of Egypt. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 168 Short and curlies, the short hairs, in the phrase ‘He got me by the short and curlies’—he caught me out properly. 1956 P. Scott Male Child iii. i. 191 ‘Is there any point in going on, if you can't fool yourself?’.. ‘Of course not. That's where we're got by the short and curlies. We cling on.’ 1969 J. Gardner Founder Member iv. 72 ‘Stalemate?’.. ‘Looks like it... Got us hard by the short and curlies. I wouldn't try arguing.’ 1971 D. Francis Bonecrack xii. 153 Suppose..that I abducted Alessandro... I would then have Enso by the short and curlies. 1976 P. Hill Hunters xi. 164 There is no need for kid gloves now, we've got him by the short and curlies. extracted from shortadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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