英语词汇“catch yourself on”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

5. transitive (reflexive). colloquial. Chiefly Irish English (northern). To get or recover a realistic understanding of one's position or the situation; to regain one's common sense or self-control. Often in imperative phrase catch yourself on: ‘pull yourself together’, ‘get a grip’.

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1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 133/2 Catch meself on... to pull oneself up or together, recover one's common sense.

1959 Díospóireachta Parlaiminte 50 421 The British have always been extremely slow to catch themselves on.

1974 B. Friel Freedom of City i. 53 Skinner : The ceremony begins in five minutes. The world's press and television are already gathering outside... Michael : Catch yourself on, Skinner.

1992 P. McCabe Butcher Boy (1993) 32 Are you going to go on making a laughing stock of yourself or are you going to catch yourself on?

1999 Irish Times (Nexis) 9 Nov. 17 Mr Bill Gates..appears resolved to see the case through... The lawyers will clean up. Mr Gates ought to catch himself on.

2017 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 11 May From the moment the kids arrived, I've developed tear ducts with no off switch... Never in public, mind. I've got to maintain some sort of public decency. I mean, catch yourself on.

单词	catch yourself on
释义	> as lemmas catch yourself on 5. transitive (reflexive). colloquial. Chiefly Irish English (northern). To get or recover a realistic understanding of one's position or the situation; to regain one's common sense or self-control. Often in imperative phrase catch yourself on: ‘pull yourself together’, ‘get a grip’. ΚΠ 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 133/2 Catch meself on... to pull oneself up or together, recover one's common sense. 1959 Díospóireachta Parlaiminte 50 421 The British have always been extremely slow to catch themselves on. 1974 B. Friel Freedom of City i. 53 Skinner : The ceremony begins in five minutes. The world's press and television are already gathering outside... Michael : Catch yourself on, Skinner. 1992 P. McCabe Butcher Boy (1993) 32 Are you going to go on making a laughing stock of yourself or are you going to catch yourself on? 1999 Irish Times (Nexis) 9 Nov. 17 Mr Bill Gates..appears resolved to see the case through... The lawyers will clean up. Mr Gates ought to catch himself on. 2017 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 11 May From the moment the kids arrived, I've developed tear ducts with no off switch... Never in public, mind. I've got to maintain some sort of public decency. I mean, catch yourself on. extracted from catchv. < as lemmas
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