| 单词 | to play at fast and loose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play at fast and loose 1. to play fast and loose (also to play at fast and loose and variants): to be inconstant or inconsistent, esp. regarding one's obligations to others; to behave immorally or irresponsibly. Frequently followed by with.Also earlier in the reversed form to play loose or fast: see quot. a1555. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > be inconstant [verb (intransitive)] flitc1386 waivec1425 flitter1543 to play fast and loose1557 range1557 vary1557 halve1566 to blow hot and cold1577 flirt1578 laveer1598 to weathercock it1654 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > cheat, swindle [phrase] to pull a finchc1386 to wipe a person's nosea1475 to take (a person) at advantage(s)1523 to play fast and loose1557 to play false1576 to joint a person's nose of?1577 to make a cousin of1580 to sell smoke1589 munge1660 to sell (a person) a packet1886 to beat the count1897 to sell (a person) a pup1901 to hand (someone) a lemon1906 to sell (someone) a bill of goods1927 a1555 D. Lindsay Tragedie in Dialog Experience & Courteour (1559) sig. Sivv Bot quho consydder wald the verite We mycht full weill, haue leuit in peace and rest Nyne or ten ʒeris, and than playit lowis or fast.] 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 64 (heading) Of a new maried studient that plaied fast or lose. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 168 Play fast and loose with faith. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No 320 ⁋1 A little..playing fast and loose, between Love and Indifference. 1829 Westm. Rev. 10 185 Doctrines..which play at fast and loose with truth and falsehood. 1974 S. Malarkey & D. MacRae Themes in Lit. 188 About halfway through the poem Miss Swenson begins to play fast and loose with grammar, making verbs of nouns. 2020 Times (Scotl. ed.) (Nexis) 7 Sept. 22 You cannot..expect to be taken seriously and listened to with respect on one subject when you are playing fast and loose with another. < as lemmas |
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