单词 | to pull the skin over a person's ears |
释义 | > as lemmasto pull the skin over a person's ears P3. In phrases denoting severe or unfair treatment, or summary punishment, as to pull the skin over a person's ears and variants, to have (also take) the skin off a person's back, etc. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 2897 (MED) Out of his skyn he was beflain Al quyk. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) G. §4. l. 1273 The deuel, out of his skyn Hym terve, I pray to god, for his falshede. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 73 (MED) Tyrauntis..taken here skyn fro þe bak. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. l. 126 Ȝe..plucked and pulled hem anon to þe skynnes. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. l. 32 (MED) Þey plucked þe plomayle from þe pore skynnes. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Hviii She can brynge the Iudges skyne ouer hys eares. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Hviiiv He wyl for wyddowes sakes..plucke the Iudges skyne ouer theyr heades. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 55 Many..who in regard of their age,..being esteemed as dead men, haue made young men to tremble and quake, who earst purposed to plucke their skin ouer their eares. 1671 M. D'Assigny tr. P. Gautruche Poet. Hist. ii. v. 159 Apollo was the Victor, therefore he hang'd Marsyas upon a Tree, and pull'd his skin over his ears. 1717 C. Gildon tr. Heliodorus Adventures Theagenes & Chariclia II. viii. 105 Know otherwise, that I have ordered you to be laid in Chains, and brought hither in their Room, and that I shall pull your Skin over your Ears. 1799 W. Scott tr. J. W. von Goethe Goetz of Berlichingen i. 6 If we durst but once drub their masters so, who drag the skin over our ears! 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby viii. 70 ‘Let any boy speak a word without leave,’ said Mr. Squeers, mildly, ‘and I'll take the skin off his back.’ 1852 W. G. Simms As Good as Comedy iv. 56 Jake, my boy, I've come here to-day to strip the skin off you altogether. 1919 G. B. Shaw O'Flaherty V.C. in Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, & Playlets of War 185 My mother would have taken the skin off my back if I'd ever let on to have any other king than Parnell. 1953 E. Simon Past Masters iii. 205 A lesser man woold [sic] have had the skin off for that. 2006 T. Field Squat ix. 188 He would take the skin off your back if he could. < as lemmas |
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