| 单词 | to have a set on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have (or take) a set on (a person) b. A grudge. Chiefly in to have (or take) a set on (a person), to have a grudge against. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. Cf. set v.1 125b. ΚΠ 1903 ‘T. Collins’ Such is Life i. 15 ‘Has n't Warrigal Alf got a set on you too?’ asked Thompson coldly. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 64 Set, a grudge against (someone), e.g., ‘have a set on someone’. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xiv. 228 If the Old Man hadn't tried to give Mark Thorne such particular hell when he was starting his shop, perhaps Thorne wouldn't have taken a set on all the Sudermans... If he hadn't the set on the Sudermans..he wouldn't have wanted to cut off his nose to spite his face. 1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams ii. vi. 187 He had a bit of a set on Frank and Sydney and was always pinching their cheeks and telling them they were young roughnecks. < as lemmas |
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