单词 | to jump out of one's skin |
释义 | > as lemmasto jump (also leap) out of one's skin a. to jump (also leap) out of one's skin. extracted from skinn. (a) To feel extreme delight or excitement; to be full of joy or high spirits. Also occasionally to be out of one's skin. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > be or become excited [verb (intransitive)] > leap or skip with excitement dancec1400 to jump (also leap) out of one's skin1567 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxi. f. 154 Master Philippo, was so well pleased, as he was like to leape out of his skin for ioy. 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. i. f. 38 Hymselfe as one ready to leape out of hys skynne for joy,..declared [etc.]. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vii. 2976 The marchant, if his gaines doe safe come in, Is with ioy ready to leape out on's skinne. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) iii. xxxvi. 283 How transported are my Spirits, that I am ready even to skip out of my skin for Joy! 1706 S. Centlivre Love at Venture v. 59 I, I, I am so over-joy'd, I shall jump out of my skin. 1733 H. Fielding Miser (London ed.) v. i. 69 I am ready to leap out of my Skin for Joy. 1808 G. Colman Blue Devils i. i. 22 'Twould make me jump out of my skin, for joy. 1857 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 656/1 Any other child in the village would have leapt out of her skin to have her face upon my sketch-book. 1860 A. Trollope Castle Richmond III. xiii. 246 So is we all ould frinds, an we're all glad—out of our skins wid gladness. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. 710 An admirer he signed it I near jumped out of my skin. (b) To start violently with surprise or alarm. Frequently with almost, nearly, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > happen or move unexpectedly [verb (intransitive)] > act with surprise abash?c1400 startc1405 startle1576 to raise one's eyebrow(s) (or an eyebrow)1849 to jump (also leap) out of one's skin1860 gloppen- 1860 ‘M. Harland’ Nemesis xxx. 431 There came sech a knock at the door that I a'most jumped out of my skin. 1915 Condor 17 7 It was so unexpected and so discordant that I nearly jumped out of my skin (figuratively speaking), entertaining the feelings of a pedestrian who hears a shrieking auto siren at his back. 1942 T. Kitching Diary 25 Jan. in Life & Death in Changi (1998) iii. 23 Says he, ‘1875? Yes, I was living in this house then.’ I nearly jumped out of my skin. ‘What! In 1875?’ 1981 ‘J. Gash’ Lovejoy: Vatican Rip (1986) viii. 71 A pebble dislodging somewhere practically made me leap out of my skin. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 74 I nearly jump out of my skin when the phone rings. < as lemmas |
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