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单词 to give grief
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to give (make, have, etc.) grief
colloquial (originally U.S.). Trouble, unpleasantness, ‘hassle’; unstinting criticism or disparagement. Frequently in to give (make, have, etc.) grief.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > severe
biting1382
tomahawking1777
sledgehammering1853
grief1891
pan1899
panning1908
excoriation1924
flak1968
the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > undergo an ordeal
to go (also jump) through (the) hoop(s)1917
to give (make, have, etc.) grief1929
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (intransitive)] > severely
quip1542
snap1579
quib1580
to lash out1884
slam1884
to rip into——1907
to lace into1908
to light into ——1922
to give (make, have, etc.) grief1974
excoriate1985
1891 Sportsman 28 Feb. in P. Beale Partridge's Dict. Slang (ed. 8, 1984) 503/1 The flag had scarcely fallen than [sic] the grief commenced.
1929 D. Hammett Dain Curse xii. 121 ‘You could have got me in on it,’ he had complained before our soup was in front of us... ‘I had’, I said, ‘enough grief with the one guy I did let in on it—Eric Collinson.’
1940 R. Chandler Farewell, my Lovely xviii. 141 There's not much money in it. There's a lot of grief. But there's a lot of fun too.
1974 A. Lurie War between Tates (1977) viii. 160 I thought how I was making all this grief for you and Danielle, and what I ought to do is..take the next bus to New York.
1986 C. Hope Hottentot Room xiv. 203 Say you'll come home, Caleb. It will save a lot of grief.
1989 Face Jan. 66/2 Mann has had grief from snobby film critics and from the censorship lobby.
1990 D. Peterson Dress Gray i. 10 One female several doors down kept her curling iron. She got caught trying to use it one weekend and really took some grief from the cadre.
2015 N. Smith tr. J. Nesbo Blood on Snow ix. 63 They were on the wrong track from day one, and never came close to giving me any grief.
extracted from griefn.
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