| 单词 | to turn rusty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn rusty 3. colloquial. Of a person: bad-tempered, irritable; angry. Frequently in to turn rusty and variants. Cf. to ride rusty at Phrases 1, to run rusty at Phrases 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective] sharpc1000 impatient1377 out-sharpinga1382 teethya1500 fumish1523 testy1526 crabbed1535 tettish1567 peevish1577 kickish1589 splenetic1593 spleenful1594 tetchy1596 wasp-stung1598 touchy1602 spleeny1604 pruriginous1609 teety1621 splenitive1633 peltish1648 irritable1662 splenatic1663 splenetive1678 unheer1691 rusty1694 nettlesome1766 stingy1781 snarly1798 tutty1809 spleenical1818 rileya1824 nettly1825 edgy1837 porcupinal1846 shirty1846 raspish1854 peckish1857 streaky1860 owly1864 teasy1866 fussy1869 raspy1869 spiky1881 chippyc1885 tetchous1890 narky1895 snarky1906 ringy1907 snarkish1912 Scot1916 crooked1945 niggly1952 snooty1959 kvetchy1965 to be on the rag1967 sandpaper1976 gribble1984 splenous- 1694 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: Pt. 1 i. ii. 10 Now is my Mother as Rusty as an old Cow that has got the Belly Ach, but I care not; She dares not beat me. 1761 J. Newton Diary 13 Nov. in Deserted Village (1992) 146 Bullock rusty because I found fault with his manner of going on. 1789 ‘Durus’ Kalish Revol. xxv. 139 After fettering the Emperor in her chain, she began to turn rusty, and threatened to leave her present quarters. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 100 The people got rusty about it. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Mr. & Mrs. Berry ii You..turn rusty because he forgets your last message. 1889 D. C. Murray & H. Murray Dangerous Catspaw 186 He was a bit rusty at first. 1911 Times 17 Mar. 14/7 There were many moments in which people could ‘turn up rusty’, but it was realized that any dispute or friction would mean a certain amount of harm to the institution. < as lemmas |
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