| 单词 | with one's heels foremost |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith one's heels foremost (also forward) b. with one's heels foremost (also forward): (with reference to the manner in which a corpse is traditionally carried) as a corpse, dead. Also simply heels foremost. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adverb] awayOE asleep1297 with one's heels foremost (also forward)1637 irresuscitably1834 1637 T. Brian Pisse-prophet viii. 68 He..meanes to dye in good earnest; and so betakes himselfe to his chamber, with a resolution to save his purse, out of which hee never comes till he be brought with his heels forward. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion viii. 21 She became every day more wicked than other, desiring nothing more than to see me carried forth with my heels formost. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. ii. 147 He was clapt in Prison, and came not out but with his heels forward. 1781 London Mag. June 259/2 A consciousness of their charms, and the consequent fickleness of their disposition, make them long to see their husbands carried out of doors with their heels foremost. 1880 Scotsman 24 Nov. 7/6 Intimating that unless he clears out within twelve days he will be carried from the place with his heels foremost. 1907 W. Bulfin Rambles in Eirinn (1908) i. 10 But he had to go away, heels foremost, at last, and leave it all behind him. 1991 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 26 May (Sunday Suppl.) 2/2 If I allow you to go on, your chances of returning heels foremost are better than excellent. < as lemmas |
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