| 单词 | to jump down a person's throat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto jump down a person's throat b. to jump down a person's throat: to respond to a person with excessive alacrity or eagerness; spec. (a) (in early use) to be overly attentive or favourable to; to be excessively eager to accept an invitation or proposal from a person; (b) (now usually) to respond immediately in an angrily critical or contradictory manner; to reply sharply or brusquely to a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > supremely or excessively crownc1175 overpraisea1387 overhighc1400 bedaub1581 superexalt1610 to speak a person fara1616 allaud1621 rave1621 stellify1628 beatifya1677 bepraise1774 to jump down a person's throat1809 rapturize1822 belauda1849 the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > be excessively attentive to jump down a person's throat1809 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > proposal of marriage > propose marriage [verb (intransitive)] > accept with alacrity to jump down a person's throat1809 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] reprovec1330 sniba1400 reprehend?a1439 expostulate1574 to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584 give it1594 reprimand1681 to pin a person's ears back1861 yell1886 to jump down a person's throat1916 to chew (a person's) ass1946 to slap (a person) down1960 1809 ‘Gabrielli’ Langhton Priory IV. i. 13 It was a fine thing to be a Lord... Every pretty girl was ready to jump down their throat. 1830 G. C. Mundy Pen & Pencil Sketches (1832) II. v. 290 I found..the whole collective faculty ready to jump down the throat of the rash sceptic venturing to broach his old-fashioned, exploded..Indian notions! 1865 Dublin Univ. Mag. Aug. 141/2 What a deuced idiot I was to imagine that that girl was so ready to jump down my throat. 1871 Monthly Packet Sept. 287 The small boat held only three... ‘Just as well,’ Hugh said... ‘We don't want all to jump down her throat in a moment.’ 1916 E. F. Benson David Blaize xi. 215 He simply jumped down my throat the other day in your defence. 1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. vii. 88 There's no need to jump down my throat. I was only trying to be helpful. 2000 Observer 18 June (Business section) 16/5 Have someone who will tell you your ideas are mad. And don't jump down their throat when you disagree with them. < as lemmas |
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