| 单词 | to lick one's knife |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lick one's knife b. Frequent in phrases expressive of actions referred to allusively or figuratively, as to lick one's fingers, to lick one's lips, an action indicating keen relish or delighted anticipation of some dainty morsel; †to lick (another's) fingers, to lick the fat from (one's) beard, to cheat (him) of his gains; †to lick one's knife, said of a parsimonious person; to lick the ground, to lick (another's) boots or shoe or spittle (cf. lickspittle n.), actions expressive of abject servility; †to lick (a patron's) trencher, said of a parasite; to lick the dust, †the earth [a Hebraism: Vulgate terram lingere] , to fall prostrate, to suffer defeat; to lick the (or one's, etc.) chops (Jazz slang), to tune up or warm up before a ‘session’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > lap licka1000 lapc1000 slap1603 society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] to have (also get) the worsec1275 leesec1300 to lick the dust, the earth1382 to get (also have) the waura1393 to go downa1400 to go away (also flee) with the worsea1413 to have the worsta1470 to go to (also unto) the worse1485 to go by the worse (also worst)1528 to have the overthrow1536 lose1548 tine1681 the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly or mean [verb (intransitive)] spare1377 to lick one's knifec1400 chincha1425 pincha1425 stick1533 nig1559 to make pottage of a flintc1576 niggard1596 wretcha1598 niggardize1606 wire-draw1616 screw1820 skincha1825 scrimp1848 stinge1937 to pinch pennies (also a penny)1942 penny-pinch1945 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (intransitive)] > anticipate taste to lick one's lips1508 to lick one's fingers1530 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > have (good) appetite [verb (intransitive)] > lick or smack one's lips or fingers to lick one's lips1508 to lick one's fingers1530 to smack one's lips1557 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > seek or look after one's own interest [verb (intransitive)] to shift for oneselfa1513 to lick one's fingers1530 to lick the trencher1542 to serve one's (also one's own) turn1560 to have an eye to (also for) the main chance1584 to look (also have an eye, etc.) to the main chance1592 squint1642 to mind, provide for, be careful of the main chance1645 to fish for oneself1647 to scratch for oneself1850 to play politics1860 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)] fain?c1225 fawnc1325 to make placebo1340 fagea1382 curryc1400 to curry favela1420 to claw (a person's) toea1500 to curry favour?1518 to be at the school of placebo1554 to play (with) placebo1583 insinuatea1593 wriggle1601 lick1602 sycophantize1605 gnathonize1619 pickthank1621 supparasitate1623 ingratiate1647 slaver1730 toad-eat1766 slaum1787 to eat (any one's) toads1788 toad1802 bootlick1846 toady1861 to suck in1899 smoodge1906 smarm1911 arse-lick1928 bum-suck1930 to suck round1931 ass-lick1937 brown-nose1939 suck-hole1961 weasel1980 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)] > be a parasite or sponger hang1535 lick1602 parasite1609 shirk1633 sponge1673 scunge1846 coat-tail1852 leech1937 freeload1940 lig1960 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > defraud or swindle [verb (intransitive)] to pull a finchc1386 to bore a person's nose?1577 to wipe a person's nose1577 verse1591 lurch1593 to grope a gull1594 cheat1647 to lick (another's) fingers1656 to live upon the shark1694 sharp1709 fineer1765 to pluck a pigeon1769 swindle1769 to run a game1894 to sell (a person) a pup1901 scam1963 the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile [verb (intransitive)] fawnc1325 crouch1528 jouk1573 crawl1576 creep1581 spaniel1599 grovel1605 spanielize1641 cringec1660 to lick the ground1667 truckle1680 to kiss (a person's) arse, behind, bum1705 toad-eat1766 snool1786 to eat (any one's) toads1788 kowtow1826 sidle1828 toady1861 to knock head1876 ass-lick1937 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > warm up to lick the (or one's, etc.) chops1937 a1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) lxxi[i]. 9 His feondas foldan lic~ciȥeað. 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms lxxi[i]. 9 His enemys the erthe shul licken. 1382 J. Wyclif Micah vii. 17 Thei shuln lick dust as the serpent. c1400 Rom. Rose 6502 What shulde he yeve that likketh his knyf. 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 213 Thou sal lik thy lippis and suere thou leis. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 609/2 I lycke my lippes or fyngers after swete meate. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxixv Marchantes within the citee, sore abhorryng the Italian nacion, for lickyng the fat from their beardes, and taking from them their..liuyng. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iii. f. 104 [They] with no lesse confydence licke their lippes secreately in hope of their praye. 1602 Withals' Dict. 263 A fellow that can licke his Lordes or his ladies trencher in one smooth tale or merrie lie, and picke their purses in another. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 23 How does thy honour? Let me licke thy shooe. View more context for this quotation 1646 J. Whitaker Danger of Greatnesse 24 Have you not known some in a low condition, to bow and scrape, lick the spittle on the ground. 1656 Ld. Hatton in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1897) III. 284 He purposeth not to deale at all with my cosen Kertons frends, vnless it be for mault, and that too in an honorable and considerable way without licking my fingars. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 526 Oft he [sc. the serpent] bowd His turret Crest..and lick'd the ground whereon she trod. View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 5. ¶2 Sparrows for the Opera, says his Friend, licking his Lips, what are they to be roasted? 1808 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 13 1009 He should have learnt to lick spittle, and have drilled himself to crawl upon his belly. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. iv. 104 He found the surly innkeepers licked the very ground before him now. 1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 23 An' you'll lick the bloomin' boots of 'im that's got it. 1909 G. B. Shaw Press Cuttings 9 And now comes this unmannerly young whelp Chubbs-Jenkinson, the only son of what they call a soda-king, and orders a curate to lick his boots. 1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart i. 34 I had rather be a dog than the Prime Minister of a country where the only things the inhabitants can be serious about are football and refreshments. Lick the king's boots: that is all you are fit for. 1937 Etude Music Mag. Dec. 835/1 Licking their chops, getting warmed up to swing. 1937 L. Armstrong Swing that Music xiii. 111 I wanted to give 'em a load of how we swing that music at home. My ‘cats’ understood it the same way and began lickin' their chops, as we say it. 1959 J. Braine Vodi x. 138 He had to use his..willingness to lick anyone's boots, no matter how dirty, to get the money. 1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 77 Licking the chops, the tuning up musicians do before a jam session. 1974 Guardian 19 Dec. 10/2 If Lifestyle (BBC-2) keeps licking boots like this, Cherry Blossom will sprout out of its ears. < as lemmas |
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