| 单词 | to go shill-i shall-i |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go shill-I shall-I to stand shill I, shall I: to vacillate, to be irresolute or undecided. Also to go shill-I shall-I, to stand at shilly-shally. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] haltc825 flecchec1300 waverc1315 flickerc1325 wag1387 swervea1400 floghter1521 stacker1526 to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530 wave1532 stagger1533 to hang in the wind1536 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 mammer1554 sway1563 dodge1568 erch1584 suspend1585 float1598 swag1608 hoverc1620 hesitate1623 vacillate1623 fluctuate1634 demur1641 balance1656 to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674 to stand shall I, shall I1674 to go shill-I shall-I1700 to stand at shilly-shally1700 to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734 whiffle1737 dilly-dally1740 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751 oscillate1771 shilly-shally1782 dacker1817 librate1822 humdrum1825 swing1833 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848 to back and fill1854 haver1866 wobble1867 shaffle1873 dicker1879 to be on the weigh-scales1886 waffle1894 to think twice1898 to teeter on the brink1902 dither1908 vagulate1918 pern1920 1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 47 I don't stand shill I, shall I, then; if I say't, I'll do't. 1703 R. Steele Tender Husband iii. (1705) 34 I'm for marrying her at once— Why should I stand shilly-shally, like a Country Bumpkin? 1709 W. King Eagle & Robin 92 Bob did not shill-I shall-I go, Nor said one word of friend or foe; But flirting at him made a blow. 1823 T. De Quincey tr. J. A. Apel Fatal Marksman in Pop. Tales & Romances Northern Nations III. 141 I see no good that comes of standing shilly-shally. 1847 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia (ed. 2) II. ii. ii. 140 Don't stand there, shilly-shally. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 232 The simpleton who stands..At shilly-shally, may he knock or no At his own door. < as lemmas |
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