| 单词 | to shake a cloth in the wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shake (have) a cloth in the wind e. to shake (have) a cloth in the wind: to get too near to the wind, so that the sails shiver; figurative to be ragged in clothing; to be slightly intoxicated (cf. ‘to be three sheets in the wind’). slang. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > types of to cover (one's head)c1340 scrub1590 wimple1591 sag1592 to go thina1610 to be covered1611 rustlea1616 to keep on1621 veil1714 to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834 smock-frock1840 pad1873 tighten1896 tight-lace1898 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > be drunk > be partially drunk to drink wine apec1405 to have on or wear a barley-cap1598 to float in one's cups1630 to have a drop in one's eye1699 to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834 to have drink taken1924 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. i. 2 I found all my family well and hearty; but they all shook a cloth in the wind with respect to toggery. 1836 E. Howard Rattlin xliii As the seamen say, they all had got a cloth in the wind—the captain two or three. < as lemmas |
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