| 单词 | to rake hell with a fine-tooth comb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rake hell with a fine-tooth comb P1. transitive. to rake (out) hell: (usually in the context of describing a person as villainous or immoral) to search through hell. In later use also to rake hell with a fine-tooth comb. Cf. rakehell n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] > search exhaustively to turn every straw?c1225 to rake (out) hell1542 leave no straw unturned1575 to leave no stone unturned1670 trawl1980 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 116v Suche a feloe as a manne should rake helle for. 1561 R. Norvell Myroure of ane Christiane f. 62v [If] I shuld seke them..Throw..the Moirs of Inde, Syne rake hell, and the bodum of the sie [etc.]. 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. xii. 215 Should you rake Hell and Scum the Devil (as our Country speakes) they will hardly be outmatch'd. 1711 G. Cary Physician's Phylactic vii. 335 You have raked Hell for the most Diabolical Lies, and Slanders, that Beelzebub's Malice can invent. 1781 Pennsylvania Packet 25 Sept. 1/2 If general Clinton had employed the devil and all his imps to have raked hell for a complete villain, they could not have found youre qual [sic]. 1833 J. Hall Harpe's Head xii. 121 If any body was to rake hell with a fine-comb, they would not find sich a—... Sich a tarnal villain. 1880 Ld. Tennyson Village Wife xii Ya wouldn't find Charlie's likes..Not thaw ya went fur to raäke out Hell wi' a small~tooth coämb. 1925 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 22 Apr. 12/1 You could have raked hell with a fine tooth comb. 1950 R. P. Warren World Enough & Time i. 14 You raked hell with a fine-tooth comb you would not find a more hairy-eared varmint and very butt-cut of sin. < as lemmas |
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