英语词汇“to take the bit in his teeth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to draw bit: to stop one's horse by pulling at the reins; hence fig., to stop, slacken speed; on the bit: (of a horse) pulling at the bit or ridden on a tight rein; also transf.: off the bit: ridden on a loose rein; to take the bit in his teeth (of a horse): i.e. so that it cannot hurt the mouth; hence, to become unmanageable, to be beyond restraint; also fig.; up to the bit: up to full speed allowed by the degree of restraint in which a horse is held by the bit; also transf. (Cf. bridle n. 1.)

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1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 521 Neither yet taking the bit perversely in his teeth.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 171 And for three years has rid your Wit And Passion without drawing Bit.

1782 W. Cowper Table Talk in Poems 685 Spend~thrift..never drawing bit.

1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 28 If he..takes the bit fairly in his teeth.

1859 J. S. Rarey Art Taming Horses (new ed.) viii. 126 Your legs are to be used to force your horse forward up to the bit... Unless a horse rides up to the bit you have no control over him.

1878 G. J. Whyte-Melville Riding Recoll. v. 92 Keeping the rebel up to his bit with legs and spurs if necessary.

1889 Lady C. Campbell D. Blake v. 95 ‘It's the only way to treat women,’ he thought; ‘they will always come up to the bit if you show who is the master.’

1890 Field 6 Sept. 393 At the top of the hill we cast off our leader, the remaining four go in their collars and up to their bits.

1928 Daily Tel. 16 Oct. 19/1 He was going so strongly and ‘on the bit’ that it took Dines nearly two furlongs to pull him up in his own time.

1958 J. Hislop From Start to Finish vi. 35 All work except trials or semi-trials..is done ‘on the bit’. This means that the horse is being ridden on a tight rein and is not galloping flat out.

1958 J. Hislop From Start to Finish viii. 66 There is a vast difference between sitting against a horse when he is on the bit and riding him out when he is off the bit.

1962 Listener 1 Nov. 739/3 North remained on the bit for so long [in Bridge bidding] that his partner's interest in a slam could not be awakened.

单词	to take the bit in his teeth
释义	> as lemmas to take the bit in his teeth d. to draw bit: to stop one's horse by pulling at the reins; hence fig., to stop, slacken speed; on the bit: (of a horse) pulling at the bit or ridden on a tight rein; also transf.: off the bit: ridden on a loose rein; to take the bit in his teeth (of a horse): i.e. so that it cannot hurt the mouth; hence, to become unmanageable, to be beyond restraint; also fig.; up to the bit: up to full speed allowed by the degree of restraint in which a horse is held by the bit; also transf. (Cf. bridle n. 1.) ΚΠ 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 521 Neither yet taking the bit perversely in his teeth. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 171 And for three years has rid your Wit And Passion without drawing Bit. 1782 W. Cowper Table Talk in Poems 685 Spend~thrift..never drawing bit. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 28 If he..takes the bit fairly in his teeth. 1859 J. S. Rarey Art Taming Horses (new ed.) viii. 126 Your legs are to be used to force your horse forward up to the bit... Unless a horse rides up to the bit you have no control over him. 1878 G. J. Whyte-Melville Riding Recoll. v. 92 Keeping the rebel up to his bit with legs and spurs if necessary. 1889 Lady C. Campbell D. Blake v. 95 ‘It's the only way to treat women,’ he thought; ‘they will always come up to the bit if you show who is the master.’ 1890 Field 6 Sept. 393 At the top of the hill we cast off our leader, the remaining four go in their collars and up to their bits. 1928 Daily Tel. 16 Oct. 19/1 He was going so strongly and ‘on the bit’ that it took Dines nearly two furlongs to pull him up in his own time. 1958 J. Hislop From Start to Finish vi. 35 All work except trials or semi-trials..is done ‘on the bit’. This means that the horse is being ridden on a tight rein and is not galloping flat out. 1958 J. Hislop From Start to Finish viii. 66 There is a vast difference between sitting against a horse when he is on the bit and riding him out when he is off the bit. 1962 Listener 1 Nov. 739/3 North remained on the bit for so long [in Bridge bidding] that his partner's interest in a slam could not be awakened. extracted from bitn.¹ < as lemmas
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