单词 | to give grief |
释义 | > as lemmasto give (make, have, etc.) grief colloquial (originally U.S.). Trouble, unpleasantness, ‘hassle’; unstinting criticism or disparagement. Frequently in to give (make, have, etc.) grief. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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