| 单词 | to put in the pin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put (also keep) in the pin (b) figurative (chiefly Scottish). to put (also keep) in the pin: to refrain from drinking alcohol. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > totally abstain from alcohol abstain1784 to put (also keep) in the pin1827 to take (also sign, keep) the pledge1833 teetotal1883 to take the blue ribbon1884 teetotalize1898 1827 A. Rodger Peter Cornclips 158 I ance was persuaded to put in the pin, But..whisky's a thing so bewitchingly stout, The first time I smelt it, the pin it lap out. 1835 J. Monteath Dunblane Trad. (1887) 89 He had religiously abstained from drinking during the twelve months he had himself determined to keep in the pin. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 345/1 He had two or three times resolved to better himself, and had ‘put in the pin’, meaning he had made a vow to refrain from drinking. 1930 in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 125/1 I hid three gless on Seturday nicht, bit I'm gaan t' pit in the pin. < as lemmas |
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