| 单词 | to move a peg |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto move (also stir, etc.) a peg b. colloquial. to move (also stir, etc.) a peg: to make a move. Chiefly in negative contexts. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > move the body or a member [verb (intransitive)] > make a move to move (also stir, etc.) a peg?1802 to make a (also the) move1827 ?1802 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (1947) VIII. 125 Do my good Fellow! run after that Scoundrel! He has just stole my Hat and between you & I, I am so tipsey I can't stir a Peg. 1875 L. M. Alcott Eight Cousins xxi. 243 ‘I wish Steve would just cut up and see if she's there, since I can't go,’ began Mac, anxiously. ‘Steve won't stir a peg, thank you..,’ answered Dandy. 1897 G. Bartram People of Clopton 189 I wouldn't move a peg. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers ii. 29 Tha's no 'casions ter stir a peg all day, but sit and read thy books. 1989 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 4 Aug. She wouldn't move a peg. John cajoled, petted, sweet-talked, pulled grass as an enticement all to no avail. < as lemmas |
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