| 单词 | to run like a redshank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run (also be off) like a redshank Chiefly Irish English and New Zealand. to run (also be off) like a redshank: to move off or run away quickly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > go swiftly on foot [verb (intransitive)] > run > run fast or at full speed to pull it1792 to run (also be off) like a redshank1809 sky1824 tattera1825 peel1860 pelter1906 hare1908 1809 M. Edgeworth Ennui iii, in Tales Fashionable Life I. 74 He'll run like a red-shank with the news to the castle. 1873 E. Waugh Snowed-up v. 88 They're off like red-shanks! An' they'n come noan back to-neet, noather. 1891 G. Chamier Philosopher Dick 466 Without another thought or look behind us we were off like red shanks. 1903 N.Z. Illustr. Mag. 8 93 They would be off into the bush like redshanks. 1925 S. O'Casey Juno & Paycock ii in Two Plays 87 He whipped them from the chair, an' was off like a redshank! 1936 A. B. Paterson Shearer's Colt xii. 131 The Chinaman, after casting a dazed looked about him, picked up the knife and ran like a redshank. < as lemmas |
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