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单词 to the throat
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(up) to the throat
a. (up) to the throat: to the point where no more can be taken; to capacity; to the limit. Cf. (up) to the neck at neck n.1 Phrases 12b.
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a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 151 Ay as thay tomit thame of schot, Feyndis fild thame new vp to the thrott.
?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst f. cxixv A greate bellyed monke wyth a scarlet face, whose panche is well pampered and stuffed up to the throate wyth all maner of delycates.
1671 E. Howard Womens Conquest 1st Prol. sig. c3 The very Pudding of our Farce that must fill the Audience up to the throat with laughter.
1685 J. Dryden tr. Lucretius iii. in Sylvæ 68 Why dost thou not give thanks as at a plenteous feast Cram'd to the throat with life, and rise and take thy rest?
1705 Lady Norton Applause of Virtue i. 19 But I would burst him with Honour, Gold, Silver, and Riches; and when he was full, up to the Throat, I would draw aside the Curtain, to let him see Virtue and Paradice.
1823 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 3 Jan. 229 A priest..Full to the throat of Greek and college.
1861 C. Dickens Let. 3 Dec. (1997) IX. 530 A place already full to the throat.
1921 E. P. Oppenheim Nobody's Man iii. 25 A very intelligent constituency, stuffed up to the throat with schoolboard education.
1993 D. Smith Blue Willow 38 He was filled up to the throat with trying.
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