| 单词 | to take it out on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take it out on d. colloquial. With on: to relieve (frustration, anger, etc.) by attacking or mistreating a person or thing not responsible for such feelings. Frequently in to take it out on. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (transitive)] > wreak or give vent to anger > on or against someone > specific on innocent person or thing to take it out on1840 1840 H. Cockton Life Valentine Vox xxi. 158 P'r'aps you'd like to take it out on me, 'cos if yer would, yer know, why ony say so. 1873 Old & New Sept. 296/2 He must be a mean old critter that devil of hers, to take it out on the baby. 1903 ‘C. E. Merriman’ Lett. from Son vi. 72 Milligan..came around to take your cussing of him out on me. 1958 Daily Sketch 2 June 12/6 You may be irritable at work, but don't take it out on your colleagues. 1967 Listener 11 May 611/2 The country took out its frustrations on Congress. 1994 E. Danticat Breath, Eyes, Memory iv. xxviii. 182 I was having an anxiety attack and I took it out on those clothes. 2001 H. Holt Delay of Execution (2002) xi. 123 I shouldn't have taken it out on you when it was all Felicity's fault! < as lemmas |
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