| 单词 | to ring the bull | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ring the bull  b.    to ring the bull: to play the game of ringing the bull (see  Phrases 2a). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > play game			[verb (intransitive)]		 to ring the bull1838 1838    D. Jerrold Men of Char. II. xviii. 305  				After that, he must visit the gypsies; then he must ring-the-bull. 1862    R. W. Procter Our Turf, our Stage, & our Ring  i. 20  				I did not choose to ring the bull, or prick the garter;—to shake with dice at over and under, or toy with a pea in a labyrinth of thimbles. 1919    C. Guha Mod. Anglo-Bengali Dict. 		(2007)	 1829/3  				To ring the bull. < as lemmas | 
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