| 单词 | to put the shits up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put the shits up (a person) b. Originally New Zealand. The state of being very frightened or nervous. to put the shits up (a person): to scare (a person). Cf. sense A. 8, to shit oneself at shit v. 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > apprehension > instance or fit of feara1625 all-overs1870 the williesa1895 heebie-jeebies1923 tomtit1930 shit1947 1947 R. Kee Crowd is not Company i. 49 ‘Christ that used to give me the shits,’ said the New Zealander... ‘Every time I heard those shots I thought “My turn tomorrow”.’ 1968 G. Slatter Pagan Game 69 He..had read all the good news about Hitler getting the shits. 1971 T. Whitmore Memphis Nam Sweden 25 This white dude is having the shits about now. 1974 D. Foster Pure Land xviii. 222 All this sitting around amidst alien bushland has done is put the shits up me well and truly. 1985 D. Lessing Good Terrorist 11 They left because they got the shits. About the I.R.A. 1999 R. Green et al. Do not Resuscitate (HBO TV shooting script) 18 in Sopranos 2nd Ser. (O.E.D. Archive) I swear he was more dangerous with that stove than that rifle. Gave ev'rybody the shits one night. 2007 G. Hurley One Under ix. 188 There's more than one way of putting the shits up him. < as lemmas |
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