| 单词 | wool on the back |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswool on the back g. Phrases and proverbial sayings. (a) against the wool: contrary to the direction in which wool naturally lies, the wrong way. (b) to draw (pull, †spread) the wool over (a person's) eyes: to make blind to facts, to hoodwink, to deceive. Originally U.S. (c) to dye in the wool: to dye the wool before spinning; figurative in passive to be thoroughly imbued; dyed in the wool (chiefly U.S.), thoroughgoing, out-and-out (cf. wool-dyed adj. at Compounds 4). †(d) to gather wool: see wool-gathering n. 2 (e) great (also much) cry and little wool and variants: see cry n. Phrases 1. (f) all wool and a yard wide and variants, of excellent quality; thoroughly sound or honourable. (g) wool away! (Australian andNew Zealand) (see quot. 1965). (h) to lose one's wool (slang), to lose one's temper; similarly to keep one's wool, etc. (cf. hair n. Phrases 18 and sense 2c below). (i) wool on the back: money, assets. (j) Miscellaneous. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > opposed to natural bent against the wool1393 against the hair1532 against the wooda1568 against (also, contrary to) the graina1616 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > indulge in daydreams [verb (intransitive)] dream?c1400 saunterc1475 dump1530 to go (run, be) wool-gathering1553 to gather wool1577 reverie1832 reverize1836 Alnascharize1840 daydream1899 mice1984 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > that does something habitually > inveterate or confirmed composed1483 wedded1578 fastened1596 dyed in the wool1597 sworna1616 hardeneda1618 engrained1630 steadfast1644 radicateda1661 inveterate1735 professional1814 confirmed1827 card-carrying1939 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > utter to the hard ——c1400 as or so very a1560 a fool (also man, etc.) in print1600 of the first (also finest, best, etc.) water1824 dyed in the wool1830 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [phrase] to blear the eyesc1325 to play mock-holiday with?1558 on a lock1598 to put the change upon (also on) (a person)1658 to play false1680 to draw (pull, spread) the wool over (a person's) eyes1839 to lead (a person) up the garden (path)1923 to pull a fastie1931 to take (someone) for a sleigh ride1931 to pull a swiftie1945 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] faireOE bremea1000 goodlyOE goodfulc1275 noblec1300 pricec1300 specialc1325 gentlec1330 fine?c1335 singulara1340 thrivena1350 thriven and throa1350 gaya1375 properc1380 before-passinga1382 daintiful1393 principala1398 gradelya1400 burlyc1400 daintyc1400 thrivingc1400 voundec1400 virtuousc1425 hathelc1440 curiousc1475 singlerc1500 beautiful1502 rare?a1534 gallant1539 eximious1547 jolly1548 egregious?c1550 jellyc1560 goodlike1562 brawc1565 of worth1576 brave?1577 surprising1580 finger-licking1584 admirablea1586 excellinga1586 ambrosial1598 sublimated1603 excellent1604 valiant1604 fabulous1609 pure1609 starryc1610 topgallant1613 lovely1614 soaringa1616 twanging1616 preclarent1623 primea1637 prestantious1638 splendid1644 sterling1647 licking1648 spankinga1666 rattling1690 tearing1693 famous1695 capital1713 yrare1737 pure and —1742 daisy1757 immense1762 elegant1764 super-extra1774 trimming1778 grand1781 gallows1789 budgeree1793 crack1793 dandy1794 first rate1799 smick-smack1802 severe1805 neat1806 swell1810 stamming1814 divine1818 great1818 slap-up1823 slapping1825 high-grade1826 supernacular1828 heavenly1831 jam-up1832 slick1833 rip-roaring1834 boss1836 lummy1838 flash1840 slap1840 tall1840 high-graded1841 awful1843 way up1843 exalting1844 hot1845 ripsnorting1846 clipping1848 stupendous1848 stunning1849 raving1850 shrewd1851 jammy1853 slashing1854 rip-staving1856 ripping1858 screaming1859 up to dick1863 nifty1865 premier cru1866 slap-bang1866 clinking1868 marvellous1868 rorty1868 terrific1871 spiffing1872 all wool and a yard wide1882 gorgeous1883 nailing1883 stellar1883 gaudy1884 fizzing1885 réussi1885 ding-dong1887 jim-dandy1888 extra-special1889 yum-yum1890 out of sight1891 outasight1893 smooth1893 corking1895 large1895 super1895 hot dog1896 to die for1898 yummy1899 deevy1900 peachy1900 hi1901 v.g.1901 v.h.c.1901 divvy1903 doozy1903 game ball1905 goodo1905 bosker1906 crackerjack1910 smashinga1911 jake1914 keen1914 posh1914 bobby-dazzling1915 juicy1916 pie on1916 jakeloo1919 snodger1919 whizz-bang1920 wicked1920 four-star1921 wow1921 Rolls-Royce1922 whizz-bang1922 wizard1922 barry1923 nummy1923 ripe1923 shrieking1926 crazy1927 righteous1930 marvy1932 cool1933 plenty1933 brahmaa1935 smoking1934 solid1935 mellow1936 groovy1937 tough1937 bottler1938 fantastic1938 readyc1938 ridge1938 super-duper1938 extraordinaire1940 rumpty1940 sharp1940 dodger1941 grouse1941 perfecto1941 pipperoo1945 real gone1946 bosting1947 supersonic1947 whizzo1948 neato1951 peachy-keen1951 ridgey-dite1953 ridgy-didge1953 top1953 whizzing1953 badass1955 wild1955 belting1956 magic1956 bitching1957 swinging1958 ridiculous1959 a treat1959 fab1961 bad-assed1962 uptight1962 diggish1963 cracker1964 marv1964 radical1964 bakgat1965 unreal1965 pearly1966 together1968 safe1970 bad1971 brilliant1971 fabby1971 schmick1972 butt-kicking1973 ripper1973 Tiffany1973 bodacious1976 rad1976 kif1978 awesome1979 death1979 killer1979 fly1980 shiok1980 stonking1980 brill1981 dope1981 to die1982 mint1982 epic1983 kicking1983 fabbo1984 mega1985 ill1986 posho1989 pukka1991 lovely jubbly1992 awesomesauce2001 nang2002 bess2006 amazeballs2009 boasty2009 daebak2009 beaut2013 the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > maintain self-control [verb (intransitive)] to keep one's countenance1470 to get above ——1603 to keep one's head1717 keep your shirt on1844 to keep one's hair on1883 to keep one's wool1890 not to bat an eye, eyelid1904 to keep one's pants on1928 to play it cool1955 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [interjection] > cry of shearer wool away!c1897 the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry wrethec900 wrothc975 abelghec1300 to move one's blood (also mood)c1330 to peck moodc1330 gremec1460 to take firea1513 fumec1522 sourdc1540 spitec1560 to set up the heckle1601 fire1604 exasperate1659 to fire up1779 to flash up1822 to get one's dander up1831 to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle1832 to have (also get) one's monkey up1833 to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837 rile1837 to go off the handle1839 to flare up1840 to set one's back up1845 to run hot1855 to wax up1859 to get one's rag out1862 blow1871 to get (also have) the pricker1871 to turn up rough1872 to get the needle1874 to blaze up1878 to get wet1898 spunk1898 to see red1901 to go crook1911 to get ignorant1913 to hit the ceiling1914 to hit the roof1921 to blow one's top1928 to lose one's rag1928 to lose one's haira1930 to go up in smoke1933 hackle1935 to have, get a cob on1937 to pop (also blow) one's cork1938 to go hostile1941 to go sparec1942 to do one's bun1944 to lose one's wool1944 to blow one's stack1947 to go (also do) one's (also a) dingerc1950 rear1953 to get on ignorant1956 to go through the roof1958 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 to lose ita1969 to blow a gasket1975 to throw a wobbler1985 (a) (b)1839 Jamestown (N.Y.) Jrnl. 24 Apr. 1/6 That lawyer has been trying to spread the wool over your eyes.1842 Spirit of Times (Philadelphia) 29 Sept. Look sharp, or they'll pull wool over your eyes.1855 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1883) xv. 55 He ain't so big a fool as to have the wool drawd over his eyes in that way.a1859 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 517 They think they find a prize, If they can only pull their wool o'er other people's eyes.1884 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham vii I don't propose he shall pull the wool over my eyes.(c)1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 85 If he had not through institution, and education (as it were) dyed in wolle the manners of children.1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxii. 214 Children as it were in the Wooll of their infancie died with hardnesse may neuer afterwards change colour.1679 London Gaz. No. 1449/4 A peice of half Ell green double Camblet dyed in the Wool.1830 D. Webster Speech in Mass. Spy 10 Feb. In half an hour [he can] come out an original democrat, dyed in the wool.1840 J. P. Kennedy Quodlibet ii. 52 As patent a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat as Theodore Fog himself.1871 College Courant 21 Jan. in Schele de Vere Amer. A drenching rain has washed the indigo from his new suit dyed in the wool at home, into his skin.1885 J. J. Hummel Dyeing Textile Fabrics 289 If in any dyed woollen fabric the colour has been imparted to it while it was yet in the state of unspun wool, it is said to be wool-dyed, or to have been dyed in the wool.1900 Cent. Mag. Feb. 503/2 Socialists dyed in the wool.1903 Smart Set 9 23/2 The governor of Alleghenia is a dyed-in-the-wool scoundrel.(d)1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 15 The Papist praies with mouth, his minde on gathering woolle doeth goe.1606 N. Breton Poste with Packet Madde Lett. (new ed.) II. sig. Fv For their wittes, if they lose not their owne fleeces, let them gather wool where they can.(e)c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) x. 132 His hyghnes shall haue þeroff, but as hadd þe man þat sherid is hogge, muche crye and litil woll.1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 10 Here is..as one said at the shearing of hogs, great cry & litle wool.1644 W. Prynne Falsities & Forgeries 2 Here is a great cry indeed, but little wool.1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 165 Humph, quoth the Dee'l when he clip'd the Sow, A great cry, and little Woo.a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 170 For Matter of Title he thought there was more Squeak than Wool.1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 372 At first, there was much cry but little wool.1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 142 ‘Mair whistle than woo’, quo' the souter when he sheared the sow.a1893 Mod. Sc. Muckle cry an' little woo', As the deil said whan he shore the soo.1952 V. W. Brooks Confident Years xviii. 197 Her diary was much more cry than wool and Mary MacLane was a startling figure only because the times were so colourless and mild.(f)1882 G. W. Peck Peck's Sunshine 85 You want to pick out (as the ‘boss combination girl’ of Rock Co.) a thoroughbred, that is, all wool, a yard wide.1909 F. B. Calhoun Miss Minerva xxvi. 204 You sho' is genoowine corn-fed, sterlin' silver, all-wool-an'-a-yard-wide, pure-leaf, Green-River Lollapaloosas.1913 J. London Valley of Moon 60 You're a live one, all wool, a yard long and a yard wide.1963 L. Meynell Virgin Luck v. 114 It didn't seem to matter so much with people as decent as that about. She was all wool and a yard wide, that one.1974 ‘A. Gilbert’ Nice Little Killing iii. 40 No one will ever catch her..with an alibi all wool and a yard wide.(g)c1897 D. McK. Wright in A. E. Woodhouse N.Z. Farm & Station Verse (1950) 33 Wool away! Wool away is the cry And the merry game of busting is begun.1949 P. Newton High Country Days v. 53 The call of ‘wool away’ had lagging fleecies dashing to rescue fleeces before the shearer would be out with his next sheep.1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 38 Wool away, the call of a shearer who wants the picker-up to carry away a fleece. This has to be done after each sheep, and fleeces are not left lying around on the floor while another sheep is being shorn.(h)1830 R. Lower Tom Cladpole's Jurney cxxxvi Dat rais'd ma wool.1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (at cited word) ‘Keep your wool on,’ don't get angry.1926 ‘A. Berkeley’ Wychford Poisoning Case v. 48 ‘All right,’ Alec said soothingly. ‘Keep your wool on.’1944 D. Welch In Youth is Pleasure v. 87 Dennis said a lot more, growing increasingly vicious with each new sentence... ‘My dear, don't lose your wool,’ she said, mimicking old-fashioned schoolboy slang.1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 178 They taunt the person [who is easily provoked]:..‘Don't lose your bait’ (‘rag’, ‘rise’, ‘wool’).1967 O. Norton Now lying Dead vi. 108 I lost my wool then.(i)1909 London Mag. Aug. 630/1 It is seldom that the clerk has a sufficiency of that commodity known as ‘wool on the back’ to go round amongst all the creditors.(j)1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 264 Thyne sheep ar ner al shabbyd, þe wolf shiteþ woolle.1583 H. Howard Defensatiue sig. Ajv Wooll driueth backe the Cannon shotte.1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. lxvii. 455 I would not haue her come for wooll, and returne shorne.1680 C. Blount tr. Philostratus Life Apollonius Tyaneus 243 It is ill Wooll that will take no Dye.1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iii. 242 Sancho Panza..says,..many go for wool, and come home shorn.1864 R. Browning Mr. Sludge 630 If such as came for wool, sir, went home shorn; Where is the wrong I did them?1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John iv, in Wks. (1573) 415/1 He wresteth all the Scriptures & setteth them clean agaynst the woll, to destroy this article. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Div What shuld your face thus agayn the woll be shorne For one fall? 1599 N. Breton Wil of Wit (1876) 60/2 But begging is a vile life in the meane time. Patience. Then worke. Anger. That goes against the wooll. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxvi. 298 Let us..brush our former Words against the Wool. < as lemmas |
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