| 单词 | to tread on any one's corns |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tread on any one's corns 2. to tread on any one's corns: figurative to wound his susceptibilities. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > displease mislikeeOE ofthinkeOE misquemeOE likec1175 forthinka1225 mispay?c1225 annoyc1300 there glads (also gains, games) him no gleec1300 unpay1340 offenda1382 to be displeasedc1386 to step or tread on the toes ofc1394 mispleasea1400 unlikea1425 edgec1450 injurea1492 discontenta1513 disdain1530 to set (a person's) teeth on edge1535 displeasure1541 mis-set?1553 dislike1578 to tread on any one's heels or toes1710 flisk1792 unentrance1834 to tread on any one's cornsa1855 umbragea1894 a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) II. xxv. 240 To work me into lunacy by treading on my mental corns. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxv. 239 Insulted the doctor, and trampled on the inmost corns of the nurse. 1886 ‘S. Tytler’ Buried Diamonds iv We cannot avoid treading on each other's corns as we go on our various ways. < as lemmas |
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