英语词汇“to go off the deep end”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. deep end: the end of a swimming-pool at which the water is deepest; so in colloquial figurative phrase to go (in) off the deep end, etc.: to give way to emotion or anger; to ‘let oneself go’.

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1921 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Dec. 853/3 Saint-Saëns rarely, if ever, takes any risks; he never, to use the slang of the moment, ‘went in off the deep end’.

1922 C. E. M. Joad Highbrows vi. 186 She passed her life metaphorically at the end of a diving-board, ready at the slightest provocation to go in at the deep end.

1923 Weekly Dispatch 21 Jan. 5 Mr. Nicholas Hannen..plays the second fiddling husband admirably, except when, once or twice, he goes off the deep end a trifle too explosively.

1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. iv. 151 Would it not be more in the mode, really dramatic—if one ‘went over the deep end,' as they said, just once?

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 115 A very common phrase since the war is to go (in) off the deep end, an expression evidently taken from the deep end of a swimming-bath where the diving board is.

1934 F. W. Crofts 12.30 from Croydon vii. 84 Yes, I've been. And found the old boy brimming over with wrath against you. And when he heard I was coming on the same job he fairly went off the deep end.

1963 T. Parker Unknown Citizen iii. 88 I'm not going to do what I've done before, go off the deep end, nothing like that.

1966 G. Greene Comedians i. iv. 113 Mr Smith trundled to the deep-end before he emerged.

1970 V. Gielgud Candle-holders vii. 62 Simon Astley was too much like the instructor in a swimming-bath, who throws you in at the deep end.

24. Proverbial phrases: to begin at the wrong end. †not to care which end goes forward: to be negligent. †to get by the end: to get command of, so as to have ready for use. to get the better end of: to get the advantage of. to have the better, or worse, end of the staff, ‘to get the best, or worst, of it’. to have at one's fingers' or tongue's end: to know by heart, be able to quote with readiness. †at the hinder end of the bargain: when accounts are settled, figurative. to be at an idle end, to be unoccupied; (to live) at a loose end, with no fixed occupation. †to live at stave's end, ? to be unsociable, keep every one at a distance. to make both ends meet, to make two ends meet, to make the two ends of the year meet: to live within one's income [compare French joindre les deux bouts, les deux bouts de l'an] . to come to the end of one's tether: see tether n. 4; to go (in) off the deep end, etc.: see deep adj. 1d.

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 29 Men of þat side schal haue the worse ende.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eii^v I lyue here at staues ende.

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 3 Thai that have the wors end of the staf shal be sure to be wrung to the wors.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 74 Thou hast it..at the fingers ends, as they say.

1608 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. 86 Negligently, as caring not what ende goes forward.

1638 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 97 We have rather cheated the devil, than he us; and have gotten the better end of him.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cumb. 219 Worldly wealth he cared not for, desiring onely to make both ends meet.

c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 55 Getting a scripture-word by the end.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Ends..Tis good to make both ends meet.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 146 The Devil will have you at the hnider [sic] End of the Bargain.

1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) To have the better end of the Staff.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxx. 178 Your Lordship has got a Word by the End, that you seem mighty fond of.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. x. 69 He made shift to make the two ends of the year meet.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Apr. 1/1 And living completely at a loose end.

1876 R. Broughton Joan III. ii. iii. 103 By five and thirty the best of us has pretty well come to the end of her tether.

1876 R. Broughton Joan III. ii. iv. 131 Anthony struggling to make two ends meet!

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) Pref. 6 Most of the elementary works I have seen begin at the wrong end.

1882 T. Mozley Reminisc. Oriel (ed. 2) 183 He might sometimes seem to be at an idle end.

1884 Illustr. London News 11 Oct. 338/3 She..had Shakespeare and Milton at her tongue's end.

1884 Graphic 23 Aug. 198/2 Her mother has to contrive to make both ends meet.

单词	to go off the deep end
释义	> as lemmas to go (in) off the deep end d. deep end: the end of a swimming-pool at which the water is deepest; so in colloquial figurative phrase to go (in) off the deep end, etc.: to give way to emotion or anger; to ‘let oneself go’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > swimming > [noun] > swimming pool > parts of deep end1921 shallow end1924 1921 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Dec. 853/3 Saint-Saëns rarely, if ever, takes any risks; he never, to use the slang of the moment, ‘went in off the deep end’. 1922 C. E. M. Joad Highbrows vi. 186 She passed her life metaphorically at the end of a diving-board, ready at the slightest provocation to go in at the deep end. 1923 Weekly Dispatch 21 Jan. 5 Mr. Nicholas Hannen..plays the second fiddling husband admirably, except when, once or twice, he goes off the deep end a trifle too explosively. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. iv. 151 Would it not be more in the mode, really dramatic—if one ‘went over the deep end,' as they said, just once? 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 115 A very common phrase since the war is to go (in) off the deep end, an expression evidently taken from the deep end of a swimming-bath where the diving board is. 1934 F. W. Crofts 12.30 from Croydon vii. 84 Yes, I've been. And found the old boy brimming over with wrath against you. And when he heard I was coming on the same job he fairly went off the deep end. 1963 T. Parker Unknown Citizen iii. 88 I'm not going to do what I've done before, go off the deep end, nothing like that. 1966 G. Greene Comedians i. iv. 113 Mr Smith trundled to the deep-end before he emerged. 1970 V. Gielgud Candle-holders vii. 62 Simon Astley was too much like the instructor in a swimming-bath, who throws you in at the deep end. extracted from deepadj. to go (in) off the deep end 24. Proverbial phrases: to begin at the wrong end. †not to care which end goes forward: to be negligent. †to get by the end: to get command of, so as to have ready for use. to get the better end of: to get the advantage of. to have the better, or worse, end of the staff, ‘to get the best, or worst, of it’. to have at one's fingers' or tongue's end: to know by heart, be able to quote with readiness. †at the hinder end of the bargain: when accounts are settled, figurative. to be at an idle end, to be unoccupied; (to live) at a loose end, with no fixed occupation. †to live at stave's end, ? to be unsociable, keep every one at a distance. to make both ends meet, to make two ends meet, to make the two ends of the year meet: to live within one's income [compare French joindre les deux bouts, les deux bouts de l'an] . to come to the end of one's tether: see tether n. 4; to go (in) off the deep end, etc.: see deep adj. 1d. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 29 Men of þat side schal haue the worse ende. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eii^v I lyue here at staues ende. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 3 Thai that have the wors end of the staf shal be sure to be wrung to the wors. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 74 Thou hast it..at the fingers ends, as they say. View more context for this quotation 1608 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. 86 Negligently, as caring not what ende goes forward. 1638 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 97 We have rather cheated the devil, than he us; and have gotten the better end of him. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cumb. 219 Worldly wealth he cared not for, desiring onely to make both ends meet. c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 55 Getting a scripture-word by the end. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Ends..Tis good to make both ends meet. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 146 The Devil will have you at the hnider [sic] End of the Bargain. 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) To have the better end of the Staff. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxx. 178 Your Lordship has got a Word by the End, that you seem mighty fond of. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. x. 69 He made shift to make the two ends of the year meet. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Apr. 1/1 And living completely at a loose end. 1876 R. Broughton Joan III. ii. iii. 103 By five and thirty the best of us has pretty well come to the end of her tether. 1876 R. Broughton Joan III. ii. iv. 131 Anthony struggling to make two ends meet! 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) Pref. 6 Most of the elementary works I have seen begin at the wrong end. 1882 T. Mozley Reminisc. Oriel (ed. 2) 183 He might sometimes seem to be at an idle end. 1884 Illustr. London News 11 Oct. 338/3 She..had Shakespeare and Milton at her tongue's end. 1884 Graphic 23 Aug. 198/2 Her mother has to contrive to make both ends meet. extracted from endn. < as lemmas
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