| 单词 | to mop the floor with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mop (up) the floor with b. transitive. colloquial. to mop (up) the floor with: to beat severely, to thrash; to inflict a crushing defeat on. Cf. to wipe the floor with at wipe v. 10e. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > soundly threshc1384 to knock the socks offa1529 thump1597 thrash1609 thwacka1616 capot1649 to beat to snuff1819 to knock into a cocked hat1830 to —— (the) hell out of1833 sledgehammer1834 rout1835 whop1836 skin1838 whip-saw1842 to knock (the) spots off1850 to make mincemeat of1853 to mop (up) the floor with1875 to beat pointless1877 to lick into fits1879 to take apart1880 to knock out1883 wax1884 contund1885 to give (a person) fits1885 to wipe the floor with1887 flatten1892 to knock (someone) for six1902 slaughter1903 slather1910 to hit for six1937 hammer1948 whomp1952 bulldozer1954 zilch1957 shred1966 tank1973 slam-dunk1975 beast1977 1875 C. B. Lewis Quad's Odds (ed. 2) 461 He mopped the floor with him. 1897 Daily News 2 Oct. 6/2 James I. of England, was more Popish than Protestant; and the King of Spain mopped his floor with him. 1928 M. Bodenheim Georgie May 71 He'd mop the floah with Emmy if he evah caught them at it. 1936 R. Riskin Mr. Deeds goes to Town in Six Screenplays (1997) 446 I'm coming out of the kitchen a coupla minutes later and there he is moppin' up the floors with them. 1975 S. Johnson Urbane Guerillas iii. 141 Britain had, as the saying went, ‘mopped the floor’ with her European partners. < as lemmas |
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