单词 | to spit blood |
释义 | > as lemmasto spit blood c. With various figurative objects (as venom, poison, fire, etc.) denoting the utterance or expression of malice, hatred, anger, or other violent feeling. to spit blood, (a) to express vehement anger, to rage (colloquial); (b) slang of a spy, etc.: to fear exposure; to spit chips (Australian slang), (c) to feel extreme thirst; (d) to manifest acute anger or vexation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > hate inwardly or intensely [verb (transitive)] > speak in hatred spitc1386 the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > speak angrily spitc1386 ragea1400 blowc1475 blustera1494 storm?1553 pelt1594 tear1602 fare1603 to speak or look daggers1603 to blow hot coalsc1626 rant1647 scream1775 to pop off1914 to carry on1947 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > bear malice [verb (intransitive)] spitc1386 malign?a1439 to bear malice1530 spitec1560 malice1587 to wish one at vinegar1774 bitch1915 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > be thirsty [verb (intransitive)] > be extremely thirsty to spit cotton1825 to spit chips1901 to be gasping1958 the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > to rage (of fury) [verb (intransitive)] > be or become furious wedec1000 resea1250 ragea1400 rampc1405 rase1440 outragea1475 stampc1480 enragec1515 ournc1540 gry1594 fury1628 rampage1692 to stamp one's foot1821 to fire off1848 foam1852 fire1859 to stomp one's feetc1927 to spit chips1947 to spit cotton1947 to spit blood1963 to go ballistic1981 the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > be apprehensive [verb (intransitive)] > fear exposure to spit blood1963 c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale Prol. 135 Thus spitte I out my venym vnder hewe Of hoolynesse, to semen hooly. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xx Herein they..spitte oute the poyson of theyr hatred. 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 410 When he would haue euen spit fire in A[n]thonies face, and galled him as greatly as hee coulde. 1621 in A. J. Kempe Losely MSS (1836) 454 Ye Spaniards, against whom they are apt..to spitt theyr spleens. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 161 One spits his poyson upon the blessed Trinity. 1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair i. 4 Let 'em spit their Venom among themselves, and it hurts no body. 1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 16 When the venom you spit falls short of your aim. 1863 J. G. Holland Lett. to Joneses vi. 98 There be women..who can scold or cry or howl or spit fire. 1901 Bull. Reciter (Sydney) 108 While you're spitting chips like thunder... And the streams of sweat near blind you. 1946 A. Marshall Tell us about the Turkey, Jo 142 I was spitting chips. God, I was dry! 1947 J. Morrison Sailors belong Ships 189 Old Mick Doyle's with them. He's spitting chips because they're not using sea water. 1954 P. Gladwin Long Beat Home 17 It's enough to make you spit chips when you think of Sydney—movies and vaudeville comedies and a decent musician once in two years. 1963 J. Joesten They call it Intelligence i. iv. 45 When a resident agent is forced to lie low, because counter-espionage is on his trail, it is said of him that he is ‘spitting blood’. 1963 P. G. Wodehouse Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves ix. 72 If there's one thing that makes a collector spit blood, it's hearing about another collector getting a bargain. 1965 I. Southall Ash Road 77 Not when I saw Mr Fairhall last. He was spittin' chips because Peter had gone away. 1966 L. Deighton Billion-dollar Brain x. 90 A man tailed or suspected is said to be ‘spitting blood’. 1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 102 When I think of it I could spit blood. < as lemmas |
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