| 单词 | toad under a harrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoad under a harrow c. In various figurative and proverbial uses. to eat (any one's) toads, to be a mean dependant, to toady (see toad-eater n.). toad under a harrow, a simile for a person under constant persecution or oppression. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile [verb (intransitive)] fawnc1325 crouch1528 jouk1573 crawl1576 creep1581 spaniel1599 grovel1605 spanielize1641 cringec1660 to lick the ground1667 truckle1680 to kiss (a person's) arse, behind, bum1705 toad-eat1766 snool1786 to eat (any one's) toads1788 kowtow1826 sidle1828 toady1861 to knock head1876 ass-lick1937 the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > oppression, persecution, or affliction > one under constant oppression toad under a harrow1788 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)] fain?c1225 fawnc1325 to make placebo1340 fagea1382 curryc1400 to curry favela1420 to claw (a person's) toea1500 to curry favour?1518 to be at the school of placebo1554 to play (with) placebo1583 insinuatea1593 wriggle1601 lick1602 sycophantize1605 gnathonize1619 pickthank1621 supparasitate1623 ingratiate1647 slaver1730 toad-eat1766 slaum1787 to eat (any one's) toads1788 toad1802 bootlick1846 toady1861 to suck in1899 smoodge1906 smarm1911 arse-lick1928 bum-suck1930 to suck round1931 ass-lick1937 brown-nose1939 suck-hole1961 weasel1980 the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > humble oneself [verb (intransitive)] to eat one's words1571 humblea1592 to eat (any one's) toads1815 to eat humble pie1830 to grovel in the dust or dirt1865 1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) i. 46 [As] impossible..as for a Toad to spit Cordials. 1788 Ld. Bulkeley in Duke of Buckingham Court George III (1853) I. 364 There is no man who eats Pitt's toads with such zeal, attention, and appetite. 1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat I. 252 [We] were e'en forced to eat our toads and be silent. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Toad-under-a-Harrow, the comparative situation of a poor fellow, whose wife, not satisfied with the mere hen-pecking of her helpmate, takes care that all the world shall witness the indignities she puts upon him. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. vi. 385 Kept like toads under a harrow. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xv. 143 Don't they follow him to college: and eat his toads through life? 1903 Daily Chron. 16 May 3/4 The ‘toad-under-the-harrow’ existence of a plain, middle-aged, but cultivated and fine-natured spinster, whose whole life was subordinated to an invalid and rather malignant old mother. < as lemmas |
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