| 单词 | to —— the dickens out of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto —— the dickens out of (a person or thing) 8. to —— the dickens out of (a person or thing): to —— (a person or thing) to an excessive, violent, or unpleasant degree.Cf. to —— (the) hell out of at hell n. and int. Phrases 5e. ΚΠ 1876 Colorado Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado) 12 Jan. A large rocky cauldron of water came in view...Such jumping and flopping would beat the dickens out of all the tea kettles. 1911 Sat. Evening Post 23 Dec. 17/2 Take it easy an' keep quiet, for if you say two words I'll wallop the dickens out of you! 1975 Hillsboro (Ohio) Press Gaz. 16 May 4/3 He worked an inning and frightened the dickens out of the Washington batters he faced. 2009 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 21 Nov. (Sports Final ed.) (Sports section) 50 They beat the dickens out of us...It's been a long time since someone beat our team that badly. < as lemmas |
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