| 单词 | to twist the lion's tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto twist the lion's tail g. to twist the lion's tail: frequently in journalistic use with reference to foreign insults to, or encroachments on the rights of, Great Britain (cf. 5c). to twist the lion's tail d. to twist the tail (of a person): to annoy, to coerce (someone). to twist the lion's tail (U.S.): to provoke the resentment of British people. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex gremec893 dretchc900 awhenec1000 teenOE fretc1290 annoyc1300 atrayc1320 encumberc1330 diseasec1340 grindc1350 distemperc1386 offenda1387 arra1400 avexa1400 derea1400 miscomforta1400 angerc1400 engrievec1400 vex1418 molesta1425 entrouble?1435 destroublea1450 poina1450 rubc1450 to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450 disprofit1483 agrea1492 trouble1515 grig1553 mis-set?1553 nip?1553 grate1555 gripe1559 spitec1563 fike?1572 gall1573 corsie1574 corrosive1581 touch1581 disaccommodate1586 macerate1588 perplex1590 thorn1592 exulcerate1593 plague1595 incommode1598 affret1600 brier1601 to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603 discommodate1606 incommodate1611 to grate on or upon1631 disincommodate1635 shog1636 ulcerate1647 incommodiate1650 to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653 discommodiate1654 discommode1657 ruffle1659 regrate1661 disoblige1668 torment1718 pesta1729 chagrin1734 pingle1740 bothera1745 potter1747 wherrit1762 to tweak the nose of1784 to play up1803 tout1808 rasp1810 outrage1818 worrit1818 werrit1825 buggerlug1850 taigle1865 get1867 to give a person the pip1881 to get across ——1888 nark1888 eat1893 to twist the tail1895 dudgeon1906 to tweak the tail of1909 sore1929 to put up1930 wouldn't it rip you!1941 sheg1943 to dick around1944 cheese1946 to pee off1946 to honk off1970 to fuck off1973 to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977 to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983 to wind up1984 to dick about1996 to-teen- society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] needeOE straita1340 pressa1393 afforcea1400 stressa1400 coactc1400 coarctc1400 strainc1400 compulse?a1475 cohert1475 oppress1523 compel1526 forcec1540 to tie to the stake1544 urge1576 adact1615 duressa1626 coerce1659 railroad1889 to twist the tail1895 steamroll1900 steamroller1912 shanghai1919 bulldozer1945 shotguna1961 the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be or become resentful [verb (intransitive)] > arouse indignation or resentment > provoke resentment of British people to twist the lion's tail1895 1895 Literary Digest 25 May 112/2 Papers in the U.S. take to shouting ‘Hands off!’ to England... Twisting the lion's tail is a regular electioneering maneuver. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xvi. 259 [He] twisted the tail of a Connecticut insurance company that was trying to do business contrary to the edicts of the great Lone Star State. 1926 E. L. Abbey Twist of Lion's Tail 9 John Bull takes the lion for his emblem... Twist the lion's tail and how he hollers! 1935 ‘N. Blake’ Question of Proof v. 91 Revenge seems to me least likely. Grown men don't kill boys just because they've had their tails twisted by them. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. iv. 173 I get a good deal of amusement twisting both their ‘advanced’ tails, particularly the egregious parson's. 1965 P. O'Donnell Modesty Blaise vi. 72 So they were going to twist his tail for a while. Well,..the side-effects would have to be accepted stoically. 1979 E. Newman Sunday Punch vii. 58 I took a silent vow never again to twist the lion's tail editorially. < as lemmas |
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