单词 | to the blood |
释义 | > as lemmasto the blood a. to the blood: to the point where blood flows; (also figurative) to an extreme or painful degree; ‘to the quick’. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adverb] > till the blood flows to the blooda1400 the world > life > the body > skin > layer of skin > [adverb] > through outer skin to the blooda1400 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adverb] > in annoying or vexatious manner > extremely soreOE to the sensea1616 to the blood1617 excruciatingly1839 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16230 (MED) I rede men..bete him to þe blod. 1617 S. Rowlands Bride sig. A2v Such Wenches vex me to the blood. 1680 Tryal Thomas, Earl of Strafford 497 Whosoever would resist, he would prosecute them to the Blood. 1727 M. W. Montagu Let. in I. Grundy Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (2001) xv. 259 I am vex'd to the blood by my young Rogue of a Son. 1812 tr. J.-M. Leprince de Beaumont Farmers, Mech., & Servants' Mag. 2 135 Had she whipped me to the blood every time I stole any thing from my school-fellows, I should have left it off. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae iv. 110 That he should thus leave me out in his dissimulation..galled me to the blood. 1903 Methodist Rev. Jan. 132 His pride [was] cut to the blood. 1994 T. Winton Riders (1995) xxiv. 186 It wasn't right,..and the enormity of it cut him to the blood. < as lemmas |
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