英语词汇“to play hell and tommy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. hell and tommy: disturbance; great trouble; earliest in to play hell and Tommy: to behave wildly; to cause trouble. Also as int. Cf. Phrases 5a. Now rare.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > be brisk or active > bustle > fuss or make a fuss

nytelc1400

to make a matter1549

to keep a coil1568

squatter1593

fiddle-faddle1633

to play hell (with)1750

fuss1792

to play hell and Tommy1825

piggle1836

palavera1840

to make a time1844

friggle1848

fussify1868

to make a production of (or out of)1941

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > cause great harm to

to play hell (with)1750

to make havoc1812

to play Old Harry with1837

to play the bear1854

to play hell and Tommy1859

to play buggery1898

to play havoc1910

1825 W. P. L. Wellesley in Law Jrnl. Rep. (1827) 5 89/1 Out of doors with you in all weathers—play hell and tommy—make as much row as your lungs will permit of—chase cats, dogs, women, young and old, at your full pleasure.

1837 Bentley's Miscell. Aug. 131 Why, hell and Tommy! the maid whom I adore To prove untrue!

1859 T. De Quincey Cæsars (rev. ed.) in Wks. X. 135 Lord Bacon played ‘H— and Tommy’ when casually raised to the supreme seat in the council.

1879 J. McCarthy Donna Quixote xxxii I've played hell-and-tommy already with the lot of them.

1928 ‘A. J. Alan’ Good Evening, Everyone! 131 There was Hell-and-Tommy the next morning, and she had her hand done up in bandages for a week.

1949 Chicago Tribune 11 Sept. i. 14/5 Some American conceptions of any future war against Russia, which..meant ‘atomic bombs for the Americans and hell and tommy for the rest.’

1981 M. Anderson Both Sides of River ii. 77 ‘Hell and Tommy!’ Beattie swore when Willie gave him the instructions.

2001 Analog Sci. Fiction & Fact Apr. 25/2 It sounds like some hell-and-tommy impertinence!

单词	to play hell and tommy
释义	> as lemmas to play hell and Tommy a. hell and tommy: disturbance; great trouble; earliest in to play hell and Tommy: to behave wildly; to cause trouble. Also as int. Cf. Phrases 5a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > be brisk or active > bustle > fuss or make a fuss nytelc1400 to make a matter1549 to keep a coil1568 squatter1593 fiddle-faddle1633 to play hell (with)1750 fuss1792 to play hell and Tommy1825 piggle1836 palavera1840 to make a time1844 to make a time1844 friggle1848 fussify1868 to make a production of (or out of)1941 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > cause great harm to to play hell (with)1750 to make havoc1812 to play Old Harry with1837 to play the bear1854 to play hell and Tommy1859 to play buggery1898 to play havoc1910 1825 W. P. L. Wellesley in Law Jrnl. Rep. (1827) 5 89/1 Out of doors with you in all weathers—play hell and tommy—make as much row as your lungs will permit of—chase cats, dogs, women, young and old, at your full pleasure. 1837 Bentley's Miscell. Aug. 131 Why, hell and Tommy! the maid whom I adore To prove untrue! 1859 T. De Quincey Cæsars (rev. ed.) in Wks. X. 135 Lord Bacon played ‘H— and Tommy’ when casually raised to the supreme seat in the council. 1879 J. McCarthy Donna Quixote xxxii I've played hell-and-tommy already with the lot of them. 1928 ‘A. J. Alan’ Good Evening, Everyone! 131 There was Hell-and-Tommy the next morning, and she had her hand done up in bandages for a week. 1949 Chicago Tribune 11 Sept. i. 14/5 Some American conceptions of any future war against Russia, which..meant ‘atomic bombs for the Americans and hell and tommy for the rest.’ 1981 M. Anderson Both Sides of River ii. 77 ‘Hell and Tommy!’ Beattie swore when Willie gave him the instructions. 2001 Analog Sci. Fiction & Fact Apr. 25/2 It sounds like some hell-and-tommy impertinence! extracted from helln.int. < as lemmas
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