单词 | to pitch it strong |
释义 | > as lemmasto pitch it strong c. transitive. Chiefly British colloquial. to pitch it strong and variants: to speak forcefully; to state a case with feeling or enthusiasm; to exaggerate. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > other to take the right-hand file1616 first1635 to speak in capitals?1694 to take the (or a) lead1761 to play first (or second) fiddle1778 to play first violin1780 to be no great (some great, considerable, etc.) shakes1819 to pitch it strong1823 to come out strong1825 violin1895 repeat1923 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > speak or do with exaggeration [phrase] to go beyond the moon?c1430 to cast beyond the moon1559 to lay on load?1562 to lay it on with a trowela1616 all (his) geese are swans1621 to draw (also pull, shoot) the long bow1667 to lay it on thick1740 to sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet1778 to come it1796 to make a thing about (also of)1813 to draw with the long-bow1823 to pitch it strong1823 to overegg the pudding1845 to put (spread, etc.) it on thick1865 to god it1870 to strong it1964 to stretch it (or things)1965 1823 R. B. Peake Duel i. ii. 11 You pitch it strong, my fine fellow! 1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. II. 34 That's pitching it strong, howsumever,..I takes that to be gammon, now. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 7 And all the time, as we were pitching it in red hot, we were keeping the women off him as best we could. 1903 P. G. Wodehouse Tales of St. Austin's 213 Try him, anyhow. Pitch it fairly warm... Only cat you ever loved, and that sort of thing. 1969 New Scientist 3 July 37/1 Dr Steven Rose..was not pitching it too high when he said that the dangers of uncontrolled technology were as great as those of nuclear warfare. 2004 Scotsman (Nexis) 9 Jan. 29 [The] Conservative front-bench spokesman..likened supermarkets squeezing their suppliers to Stalin's purge of several million peasants, pitching it strong even for a Tory politician. < as lemmas |
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