单词 | to sway on all top ropes |
释义 | > as lemmasto sway (also swing) on all top ropes ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > riotous excitement > behave with riotous excitement [verb (intransitive)] rehayte1526 tear1602 to play up1849 to whoop things up1873 to raise sand1892 to raise (also kick up, play, etc.) merry hell1931 to go ape1955 to go (also drive) bananas1957 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > act in thoroughgoing manner > go to great lengths to go (all, etc.) lengths1698 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum (at cited word) To sway on all top ropes; to live riotously or extravagantly. 1833 Amer. Monthly Mag. Dec. 252 Away then for London they started and ‘swayed away upon all top-ropes’. 1868 W. Pengelly in H. Pengelly Mem. W. Pengelly (1897) xii. 188 The veteran..was on the top ropes about the meeting. < as lemmas |
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