单词 | to hold one's nose |
释义 | > as lemmasto hold one's nose (a) to hold one's nose and variants: to pinch the nostrils between the fingers to avoid an unpleasant smell. Also figurative. ΚΠ c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 194 (MED) Alle þat herden þat horn held here nose aftir. a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) i. sig. C2v A stiffe docket, Hold your nose master. 1609 Pasquils Iestes (new ed.) 7 He told them it was a sweet arse hole. Whereat euery one holding themselues by the nose, left off their talke. 1710 W. Congreve Of Pleasing in Wks. III. 1064 Full in your Teeth his stinking Whisper throws; Nor mends his Manners, tho' you hold your Nose. 1804 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. i. ii. 22 This is all wide of the question, said an unlearned man, holding his hand upon his nose; it is shall we tolerate the pole-cat in this village? a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) I. 188 Son of Jacob! thou stinkest foully. See the man in the moon! he is holding his nose at thee at that distance. 1900 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 74 Surely there are times when he is forced to hold his nose and shut his eyes to shut out the abominable visions he conjures up for us. 1973 Times 18 Sept. 18/2 Then abolish all alternatives to this public system of education, at which they hold their noses. 2001 Belfast Tel. (Electronic ed.) 13 Nov. He was willing to ‘hold his nose’ and become a unionist for 24 hours. < as lemmas |
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