| 单词 | to take the rag off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take the rag off (the bush) P3. U.S. colloquial to take the rag off (the bush): to excel, surpass all; to ‘take the biscuit’ (now often used ironically or as an expression of surprise). Also to take the rag off (someone or something): to beat, outshine (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > surpass everything to bear (also have, carry) the pricea1275 it passes1549 to cap the climax1804 to take the rag off (the bush)1810 to beat cockfighting1821 to beat (or bang) Banagher1830 to beat the band1890 1810 Norfolk (Va.) Gaz. 19 Sept. 2/3 This ‘takes the rag off the bush’ so completely, that we suppose we shall hear no more..about the Chesapeake business. 1833 New Eng. Mag. 5 81 I don't allow no man to take the rag off of you nor me. 1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché II. xxviii. 250 Nothin' was ever seen so fine..since creation. It takes the rag off quite. 1858 Harper's Mag. Jan. 281/1 A number of farmers were..telling stories about their work,..when one of them took the rag off the whole of them by relating their experience. 1903 Dial. Notes 2 333 She takes the rag offen anything in our settlement. 1977 R. Coover Public Burning 105 You do take the rag off the bush, boy. 1999 A. Proulx Close Range 56 We had a pay [sic] two million dollars in estate taxes... That took the rag off the bush. to take the rag off (someone or something) P3. U.S. colloquial to take the rag off (the bush): to excel, surpass all; to ‘take the biscuit’ (now often used ironically or as an expression of surprise). Also to take the rag off (someone or something): to beat, outshine (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > surpass everything to bear (also have, carry) the pricea1275 it passes1549 to cap the climax1804 to take the rag off (the bush)1810 to beat cockfighting1821 to beat (or bang) Banagher1830 to beat the band1890 1810 Norfolk (Va.) Gaz. 19 Sept. 2/3 This ‘takes the rag off the bush’ so completely, that we suppose we shall hear no more..about the Chesapeake business. 1833 New Eng. Mag. 5 81 I don't allow no man to take the rag off of you nor me. 1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché II. xxviii. 250 Nothin' was ever seen so fine..since creation. It takes the rag off quite. 1858 Harper's Mag. Jan. 281/1 A number of farmers were..telling stories about their work,..when one of them took the rag off the whole of them by relating their experience. 1903 Dial. Notes 2 333 She takes the rag offen anything in our settlement. 1977 R. Coover Public Burning 105 You do take the rag off the bush, boy. 1999 A. Proulx Close Range 56 We had a pay [sic] two million dollars in estate taxes... That took the rag off the bush. < as lemmas |
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