| 单词 | to put one's head on the block |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put one's head on the block Phrases P1. in block: as a whole, all together. Cf. sense 16a, en bloc adv. rare.Quot. c1485 appears to be an isolated early use. [In later use probably after French en bloc (1559 in Middle French: see en bloc adv.).] Π c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 137 Na jn his condicioun of feying was diuisioun maid of his wageing, bot jn blok and somme. 1859 Dublin Univ. Mag. Oct. 473/2 The French nation, in block, were indeed ‘sensible to the gratification of playing..the brilliant part of generous and disinterested liberators’. 1876 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 3 Puritans..who rejected in block the authority of creeds. 1977 Transfer U.S. Prop. to District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency 25 in Pretrial Release or Detention. Hearings & Markups before Subcommitte on Judiciary (U.S. Govt. Printing Office) I would like to propose a series of amendments that, without objection, could be taken in block. ΚΠ ?1495 R. Fitzjames Sermo Die Lune in Ebdomada Pasche (de Worde) sig. givv We take more dylygence. and ben more obedyent to mannys tradicion. thanne to the lawe of god. Stomblynge atte a strawe And lepynge ouer a blocke. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. aiiii Lesse of a strawe we make a blocke. 1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 201 You can spye a litle moote in another mans eye, that cannot see a great blocke in your owne. 1797 W. Warren Polit. & Moral Pamphlet 77 Man sees but darkly through the glass of life; ‘he leaps over a block, and he stumbles at a straw; he swallows a camel, and he is choked by a gnat.’ P3. to put one's head on the block and variants. Also similarly with neck. Cf. sense 4a. Π 1553 J. Bradford Let. 6 Oct. in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 294 If they commaund that, which with good conscience you can not obey, lay your head on the block and suffer what souer they shal do or say. a1640 W. Fenner Christs Alarm (1646) 350 Doest thou..accept of thy punishment, lay thy head on the block, does thy soule lye groveling before God? b. To sacrifice one's own position, to resign. Now rare. Π 1785 Morning Chron. 21 Feb. 2/1 Mr. Hastings..saved his life, like Sir Roger, by laying his head upon the block. 1854 New Hampsh. Statesman 8 Apr. 2/2 Anti-Nebraska Democrats of New-Hampshire! prepare to obey this Government order, or lay your heads upon the block! 1921 T. Raleigh Ann. Church in Scotl. 320 One minister had spoken of laying his head on the block for spiritual independence, but when the day of trial came he remained in his manse. 2002 Assoc. Press Internat. (Nexis) 23 July I offered the board my resignation and they accepted it... You can't be the scapegoat if you decide yourself to put your head on the block. c. To put one’s position or reputation at risk by speaking boldly or proceeding with a particular course of action. Cf. to stick one's neck out at neck n.1 Phrases 15, to lay it on the line at line n.2 13f(c). Π 1939 Crisis July 210/1 The whole history of the NAACP is studded with examples of people in public life and jobs who have put their necks on the block to prove a principle. 1970 Financial Times 26 Mar. 9/7 Mr. Court has put his head on the block in championing the operation. 2005 M. Kennedy & J. Wonnacott in J. Taylor & B. Daniel Child Neglect xiii. 233 Will they be willing to put their heads on the block to challenge policy and financial discrimination? P4. Originally and chiefly Nautical. block and block: so that the two blocks of a tackle (see sense 2) are drawn as close together as possible; = chock-a-block adv. Cf. two-blocks adv. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [adverb] > with the two blocks close together chock-a-block1824 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 19 When wee hale any Tackle or Haleyard to which two blocks doe belong, when they meet, we call that blocke and blocke. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Suppl. Block and block, the situation of a tackle when the two opposite blocks are drawn close together, so that the..power becomes destroyed. 1839 Sporting Rev. Apr. 272 The tackles were block and block, and no apparent power could elevate it [sc. a statue] one hair's breadth higher. 1919 Marine Rev. May 330/3 At this juncture, the tackles were block and block. 1945 E. H. Lederer Port Terminal Operation ii. 209 Block and block. The condition that exists when two blocks of a tackle come together; the tackle must then be overhauled before another pull. P5. to cut blocks with a razor and variants: to do something absurdly incongruous; (also) to apply one's abilities or resources to no purpose. Now rare.In quot. 1727 to hew Blocks with a Razor is used similatively as a type of such activity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (intransitive)] > use means absurdly to cut blocks with a razor1774 1727 J. Swift Thoughts Var. Subj. in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 1st Vol. 339 To endeavour to work upon the Vulgar with fine Sense, is like attempting to hew Blocks with a Razor.] 1774 O. Goldsmith Retaliation 42 'Twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in play, Sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. 1878 Truth 6 June 714/2 He saw that a further attempt to cut a block with a razor would be unavailing. 1973 Amer. Lit. Realism 6 75 Cutting blocks with a razor is proverbially unprofitable, and a million-magnifying microscope does not help a bit to tell the time by the City Hall clock. P6. block and tackle: a mechanism consisting of a pulley block together with ropes and a hook, used for lifting or moving heavy objects; cf. tackle n. 3a.In quot. 1864 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle tackle1539 teagle1828 block and tackle1838 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] tackle1539 purchase1711 made block1794 block and tackle1838 1754 W. Emerson Princ. Mech. 308 Their use is to raise any weight by help of a block and tackle at top. 1864 O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 221 General Birney seems to consider the Eighth as..block and tackle by which to hoist his favorites into place and power. 1935 Discovery Mar. 77/1 A suitable block-and-tackle is essential in order that the boat may be hauled far enough up the shore. 2005 New Yorker 28 Feb. 64/2 I joined them on small moving jobs, more than once mooring the guide rope on a block and tackle as we shifted a couch through the upstairs window of a Brooklyn apartment. P7. slang. Phrases in which block denotes the head or face. Cf. sense 7c. a. off one's block: (very) angry; insane. Cf. off one's head at head n.1 Phrases 1h. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [adjective] > furiously angry grim971 aweddeOE woodlyc1000 anburstc1275 woodc1275 aburstc1300 eagerc1325 brotheful1330 brothely1330 furiousc1374 wroth as (the) wind1377 throc1380 fella1382 wrothlya1400 grindelc1400 raginga1425 furibund1490 bremit1535 outraging1567 fulminant?1578 wood-like1578 horn-mad1579 snuff1582 woodful1582 maddeda1586 rageful1585 furibundal1593 gary1609 fierce1611 wild1653 infuriate1667 hopping mad1675 maddened1735 sulphureous1751 savage1789 infuriated1796 bouncing mad1834 frenzy1859 furyinga1861 ropeable1870 furied1878 fulminous1886 livid1888 fit to be tied1894 hopping1894 fighting mad1896 tamping mad1946 up the wall1951 ravers1967 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with woodc725 woodsekc890 giddyc1000 out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000 witlessc1000 brainsickOE amadc1225 lunaticc1290 madc1330 sickc1340 brain-wooda1375 out of one's minda1387 frenetica1398 fonda1400 formada1400 unwisea1400 brainc1400 unwholec1400 alienate?a1425 brainless1434 distract of one's wits1470 madfula1475 furious1475 distract1481 fro oneself1483 beside oneself1490 beside one's patience1490 dementa1500 red-wood?1507 extraught1509 misminded1509 peevish1523 bedlam-ripe1525 straughta1529 fanatic1533 bedlama1535 daft1540 unsounda1547 stark raving (also staring) mad1548 distraughted1572 insane1575 acrazeda1577 past oneself1576 frenzy1577 poll-mad1577 out of one's senses1580 maddeda1586 frenetical1588 distempered1593 distraught1597 crazed1599 diswitted1599 idle-headed1599 lymphatical1603 extract1608 madling1608 distracteda1616 informala1616 far gone1616 crazy1617 March mada1625 non compos mentis1628 brain-crazed1632 demented1632 crack-brained1634 arreptitiousa1641 dementate1640 dementated1650 brain-crackeda1652 insaniated1652 exsensed1654 bedlam-witteda1657 lymphatic1656 mad-like1679 dementative1685 non compos1699 beside one's gravity1716 hyte1720 lymphated1727 out of one's head1733 maddened1735 swivel-eyed1758 wrong1765 brainsickly1770 fatuous1773 derangedc1790 alienated1793 shake-brained1793 crack-headed1796 flighty1802 wowf1802 doitrified1808 phrenesiac1814 bedlamite1815 mad-braineda1822 fey1823 bedlamitish1824 skire1825 beside one's wits1827 as mad as a hatter1829 crazied1842 off one's head1842 bemadded1850 loco1852 off one's nut1858 off his chump1864 unsane1867 meshuga1868 non-sane1868 loony1872 bee-headed1879 off one's onion1881 off one's base1882 (to go) off one's dot1883 locoed1885 screwy1887 off one's rocker1890 balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891 meshuggener1892 nutty1892 buggy1893 bughouse1894 off one's pannikin1894 ratty1895 off one's trolley1896 batchy1898 twisted1900 batsc1901 batty1903 dippy1903 bugs1904 dingy1904 up the (also a) pole1904 nut1906 nuts1908 nutty as a fruitcake1911 bugged1920 potty1920 cuckoo1923 nutsy1923 puggled1923 blah1924 détraqué1925 doolally1925 off one's rocket1925 puggle1925 mental1927 phooey1927 crackers1928 squirrelly1928 over the edge1929 round the bend1929 lakes1934 ding-a-ling1935 wacky1935 screwball1936 dingbats1937 Asiatic1938 parlatic1941 troppo1941 up the creek1941 screwed-up1943 bonkers1945 psychological1952 out to lunch1955 starkers1956 off (one's) squiff1960 round the twist1960 yampy1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 out of one's skull1967 whacked out1969 batshit1971 woo-woo1971 nutso1973 out of (one's) gourd1977 wacko1977 off one's meds1986 1887 Sporting Times 11 June 4/4 You have not found out what we asked you. A trifle off her block, as Mr. Tagg would say. 1935 Australasian (Melbourne) 6 Apr. 3/4 I'm not suggesting that either Mr. Tunnestan or Mr. Duncliffe is off his block, as we say in the home town. 2022 @Innoculant1 25 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 27 May 2022) You knew he was off his block all along and neglected your duty and you [sic] country. b. to knock a person's block off and variants: to hit someone very hard in the head; to assault a person severely. Frequently as a threat or warning. ΘΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > strike on specific part of the body [verb (intransitive)] > on the head nob1812 to scuttle (a person's) nob1834 1892 Philadelphia Inquirer 24 Oct. 5/8 The cowboy demanded an explanation. Armed with a rock in each hand, the leader of the ‘Spiders’ shouted: ‘We'se de “Spiders”, see? and if you don't take a sneak we'll knock your block off.’ 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Leave it to Psmith ix in Sat. Evening Post 3 Mar. 137/1 ‘I'd like’, said Mr. Cootes with asperity, ‘to beat your block off.’ 1939 H. G. Wells Holy Terror i. i. 12 Many suggestions were made, from ‘Knock his little block off’, to ‘Give him more love’. 1997 Independent 12 Aug. iii. 8/2 If I told him I was going to knock his block off, he would be very scared. c. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. to keep one's block: to refrain from losing one's temper or self-control; to remain calm. Cf. to keep one's head at head n.1 Phrases 4g(b). Now rare. Π 1902 Sydney Sportsman 10 Dec. 8/3 Had Walcott kept his block he must have ended it there and then. 1918 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 21 June 22/1 If you can keep your block, while those about you are losing theirs. 1949 Northern Star (Lismore, New S. Wales) 29 Jan. 6/3 The doctor angrily compared the Mayor to a very defunct member of the canine tribe. ‘W.T.’, however, kept his block and laughed. d. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. to lose, to do (in) one's block and variants: to lose one's temper or self-control; to become angry, excited, or anxious. Cf. to lose one's head at head n.1 Phrases 4j(b). ΘΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > be in state of nervous excitement [verb (intransitive)] to take ona1450 seethe1609 trepidate1623 to take on oneself1632 flutter1668 pother1715 to be upon the nettle (also in a nettle)1723 to be nerve all over1778 to be all nerve1819 to be (all) on wires1824 to break up1825 to carry on1828 to be on (occasionally upon or on the) edge1872 faff1874 to have kittens1900 flap1910 to be in, get in(to), a flap1939 to go sparec1942 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 faffle1965 to get one's knickers in a twist1971 to have a canary1971 to wet one's pants1979 tweak1981 the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry wrethec900 wrothc975 abelghec1300 to move one's blood (also mood)c1330 to peck moodc1330 gremec1460 to take firea1513 fumec1522 sourdc1540 spitec1560 to set up the heckle1601 fire1604 exasperate1659 to fire up1779 to flash up1822 to get one's dander up1831 to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle1832 to have (also get) one's monkey up1833 to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837 rile1837 to go off the handle1839 to flare up1840 to set one's back up1845 to run hot1855 to wax up1859 to get one's rag out1862 blow1871 to get (also have) the pricker1871 to turn up rough1872 to get the needle1874 to blaze up1878 to get wet1898 spunk1898 to see red1901 to go crook1911 to get ignorant1913 to hit the ceiling1914 to hit the roof1921 to blow one's top1928 to lose one's rag1928 to lose one's haira1930 to go up in smoke1933 hackle1935 to have, get a cob on1937 to pop (also blow) one's cork1938 to go hostile1941 to go sparec1942 to do one's bun1944 to lose one's wool1944 to blow one's stack1947 to go (also do) one's (also a) dingerc1950 rear1953 to get on ignorant1956 to go through the roof1958 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 to lose ita1969 to blow a gasket1975 to throw a wobbler1985 1907 C. MacAlister Old Pioneering Days in Sunny South 19 At this Mr Donovan ‘lost his block’ completely. 1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee i. 19 Mrs. Muller went on no end! Did in her block, thinking of the night's ride Nipper had given her. 1931 V. Palmer Separate Lives 220 There was a sheelah back in Salisbury who did her block on me. 1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 10 I done me block; I went off my head; I lost my temper. 2014 W. W. Johnstone & J. A. Johnstone Stand your Ground i. 8 One of the linemen—Ernie Gibbs, big but slow and stupid—lost his block and suddenly a McElhaney linebacker was right in Andy's face. P8. colloquial. to put the blocks (also block) on: to thwart; to put an end to (an action or proceeding). Cf. sense 5b. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil false?c1225 confoundc1315 blenk?a1400 matea1400 interrupt1464 blench1485 fruster?a1513 frustrate?a1513 infatuate1533 disappoint1545 prevent1555 foila1564 blank1566 thwart1581 confute1589 dispurpose1607 shorten1608 foola1616 vain1628 balk1635 throwa1650 scotch1654 bafflea1674 crossbar1680 transverse1770 tomahawk1773 throttle1825 wreck1855 stultify1865 derail1889 to pull the plug1923 rank1924 1880 Nottingham Evening Post 16 Mar. 4/4 If the Liberals desired to prevent any particular piece of legislation they what they called ‘put the block on’. 1916 Telephone Engineer (Chicago) Mar. 118/1 I guess his reply put the blocks on further questions. 1967 J. Speight Till Death us do Part: Scripts (1973) 74 Look, there isn't any free orange juice now—your lot—your Tories—put the block on that, mate. 2007 B. Page Boy's own Offshore Adventure viii. 30 There then ensued a rather unstructured debate about the merits of starting the whole film again, but Sid put the blocks on this proposal. P9. U.S. slang. to put the blocks to: (of a man) to have sexual intercourse with.Probably as a figurative use of sense 5b. Π c1890 Stag Party The ould man puts the blocks to her sister. 1922 R. McAlmon Hasty Bunch 148 I'll bet you let Bill O'Brien put the blocks to you. 1974 C. Loken Come Monday Mornin' 77 He never would forget the time after the team barbecue he tried to put the blocks to one'a the pom-pom girls out in the desert someplace between Buckeye an' Apache Junction. 2022 @khanSpiraci 6 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 16 June 2022) That bottom one looks a lot like yo'mama... The last time I put the blocks to her I shaved my phone number on her back. P10. colloquial (originally U.S.). to have been around the block and variants: to have had extensive experience; to be worldly-wise. Cf. to have been around and to have been round. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > worldly wisdom > have worldly wisdom [phrase] to know what's whatc1422 to know (also learn, show, teach, tell) (a person) a thing or two1760 to know one's way around1814 to have one's head screwed on right (also the right way)1821 to have been around1872 to know (also have) all the answers1896 to know how many (blue) beans make five- the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > be experienced [phrase] to know the ginc1530 to know what something is1535 to find (know, etc.) the length (also measure) of a person's foot1580 to know one's way around1814 to be more than seven1896 to know whereof one speaks (or writes, etc.)1922 1914 Sat. Evening Post 14 Mar. 12/1 ‘You're as good as a married man this minute.’ ‘Don't you bet no money on it!’ said Buck warmly. ‘I'm over seven and I've been round the block several times. Nobody ain't kidnaped me yet.’ 1984 Daily Herald (Chicago) 24 July (Flair section) 4/6 The Mayor (who's been around the block enough times to know better) looked like he left his cool way downtown. 2007 Independent on Sunday 29 July (New Review) 20/1 Americans want someone in the White House who's been around the block and who knows his (or her) stuff. P11. U.S. slang. on the block (also occasionally on the blocks): (working) as a prostitute.Probably as an extended use of sense 13b. However, see also sense 18a and to be on the street, to be on the streets at street n. and adj. Phrases 4b. Π 1941 Pittsburgh Courier 3 May 7/6 He was the kind of a guy who put women on the spot if he couldn't put 'em on the block. 1970 E. Bullins Theme is Blackness (1973) 170 The girls all got knocked-up and set up homes, got married, went on the block or on welfare. 2007 C. C. Robinson From Classroom to Corner 162 Young girls and older women, they was prostituting together... The youngest one was 12 years old on the block and she died, oh, about a couple of weeks after her birthday. P12. slang. figurative. (up) on blocks: (a) in a state of suspension from normal activity; out of use, inactive; (b) (of a woman) menstruating, and therefore regarded as sexually unavailable.Cf. sense 10a. Π 1986 N.Y. Times 30 Nov. (Late ed.) 4 s/4 With Goodyear's announcement that it was ending its financial support, the sport of grand prix racing is, figuratively speaking at least, up on blocks. 1998 B. Sterling Distraction i. 17 America has lost it. We can't get a grip... Our country's up on blocks! 2000 Mirror 13 June (M mag.) 12/1 My partner..doesn't like to have sex when she's ‘on’... I can go to the pub more because she likes to get early nights. I tell my mates she's ‘up on blocks’, like a car. 2021 @ghostofkev 18 June in twitter.com (accessed 16 June 2022) Are the painters in?.. Are you ‘up on blocks’?.. Is it that week? P13. as deaf (etc.) as a block: see sense 1c. chip off the old block: see chip n.2 Phrases 2. < as lemmas |
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