| 单词 | whip and spur |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhip and spur d. Phrases. a fair crack of the whip (colloquial): a fair chance to participate or act. †to drink or lick (up) on the whip: to have a ‘taste’ of the whip, to get a flogging. †a whip and a bell: something that detracts from one's comfort or pleasure (in allusion to the ancient Roman custom of attaching a whip and a bell to the chariot of a triumphing general, to drive away evil). whip and spur (adverbial, usually with ride): using both the whip and the spur to urge the horse on; at one's utmost speed, at a furious pace: cf. spur n.1 2a whip behind!, a cry to the driver of a horse vehicle calling his attention to the presence of some one riding on the back of the vehicle without his knowledge. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > beat or flog [verb (intransitive)] > be beaten to drink or lick (up) on the whipa1500 to lick of the whipa1500 to have it1599 vapulate1783 to eat stick1862 to get laldy1889 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > moving swiftly in specific manner [phrase] > in or with haste in hastec1300 whip and spura1500 at (the) post1507 in post1525 in a pelter1861 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness > that which is unpleasant unthankc897 offensiona1382 offencec1425 displeasure1470 pill1548 phlegm1567 water in a person's shoes1624 a whip and a bell1644 nastiness1718 disagreeable1726 watera1734 embitterer1752 disagreement1778 disagreeablism1835 grit1876 bad news1918 nasty1959 scuzz1968 napalm1984 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adverb] > riding fast upon the switch and spur1597 tantivy1648 whip and spur1681 hell-for-leather1889 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [phrase] > warning to coachman whip behind!1835 the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or opportunity chance1297 occasiona1382 opportunitya1387 fair play?a1500 main chance1577 venturea1625 opening1752 ettle1768 slant1837 sporting chance1897 open go1918 a fair crack of the whip1929 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 41 For youre long taryyng Ye shal lik on the whyp. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas 688 He shal be sure, to drinke upon the whippe. 1644 J. Cleveland Char. London Diurnall 4 In all this Triumph there is a whip and a Bell. 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 7 June 1/1 Care and the compleat Character-man are riding Whip & Spur who shall have the next vacancy in Bedlam. 1684 T. Otway Atheist i. 7 To get rid of that Whip and a Bell, call'd thy Wife. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 191 Each fierce Logician..Came whip and spur, and dash'd thro' thin and thick. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii*. 272 I rode whip and spur to fetch the Chevalier. View more context for this quotation 1835 J. D. Carrick Laird of Logan (1841) 307 Some wandeidy weans cried ‘whip behind! whip behind!’ 1929 K. S. Prichard Coonardoo 179 I'll see you get a fair crack of the whip now, Mr. Watt. 1945 L. Glassop We were Rats 2 I am sorry to have to tell you that the Lord's had a fair crack of the whip and He's missed the bus. 1957 Technology Oct. 271/1 We should give the technical high school a trial..with a fair crack of the whip when the talent is being handed round. 1971 Radio Times 19 Aug. 50/1 It is the first time in 4½ years that those opposing the present abortion law have been given a really fair crack of the whip on a B.B.C. panel. < as lemmas |
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