单词 | worn to a ravelling |
释义 | > as lemmasworn to a ravelling b. figurative. Chiefly in worn to a ravelling and variants. ΚΠ 1778 Love-feast 21 Of Righteousness mere Rav'lings and vile Shreds. 1855 Househ. Words 10 Feb. 36/2 We were constantly assured she was worn to a thread with entreating us to hold up—nay, to a ravelling. 1903 B. Potter Tailor of Gloucester 22 I am worn to a ravelling. 1943 C. S. Lewis Perelandra x. 151 Mothers wearing themselves to a ravelling to marry some daughter to a man whom she detested. 2003 Independent (Nexis) 12 Oct. 40 The only reason we're not rioting in the streets is that we're worn to a ravelling with the worry. < as lemmas |
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