单词 | to ride hard |
释义 | > as lemmasto ride (a thing or person) hard (also to death) b. transitive. figurative or in figurative context. Frequently in to ride (a thing or person) hard (also to death). ΚΠ c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 177 Þe ilke sari wrecches..beoð þe deofles eaueres þet rit ham & spureð ham to don al þet he wule. c1536 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hist. & Chron. Scotl. (1821) II. 269 This man wil not obey my chargis, quhill he be riddin with ane mollet bridil: nochtheles, I sall gar him draw like ane avir in ane cart. 1580 T. Churchyard Pleasaunte Laborinth: Churchyardes Chance f. 33 Babblyng bookes, hath ridden Rime to death. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 119 Lys. He hath rid his Prologue, like a rough Colte. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 96 Our prayses are our Wages. You may ride' s With one soft Kisse a thousand Furlongs. View more context for this quotation 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 34 There is a set of Bishops..Will ride the divell off his legs, and break his wind. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical v. 52 When any Humour Takes in London, they Ride it to Death before they leave it. 1799 R. Hill Jrnl. of Tour North of Eng. & Scotl. 120 Happy should I be to ride upon the back of such order and decorum, till I had ridden them to death. 1804 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 111 Mr. Hiley Addington rode him hard with fulsome eulogiums. 1887 Spectator 9 Apr. 491/2 The dangers of such a method when ridden to death by inferior imitators. 1906 H. James in N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 255 He is already astride of his happier thesis, seated firm..and riding it as hard as it will go. 1949 V. S. Reid New Day i. xviii. 94 Manuel stands tall by the door, seriousness riding his face. 1984 K. Amis Stanley & Women i. 13 I put it down as another of the vague phrases he..picked up out of nowhere, rode to death for a few months..and forgot. 2008 K. Steadman Bipolar Expeditionist 243 The will to die finally secured its ticket to ride my mind. < as lemmas |
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