| 单词 | dickens take you |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(the) dickens take you (also him, her, it, etc.) 2. (the) dickens take you (also him, her, it, etc.): used to express dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc. Now rare.Cf. the devil take you at devil n. Phrases 1b(a), the deuce take it! at deuce n.2 b. ΚΠ 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. Prol. 7 Hearken joltheads..or dickens take ye. 1693 T. D'Urfey Richmond Heiress iv. i. 33 Ah dickins take it, it won't do now, yet I could have Sung my Sol, Fa, when I was a Batchelour. 1770 I. Bickerstaff 'Tis Well it's no Worse v. i. 87 The dickens take him, he has put me in such a tremble, as I have not been in this twelve-month. 1841 Chambers's London Jrnl. 21 Aug. 91/1 ‘Why, then, the dickens take you, Sporteen,’ said she.., ‘what do you mane by stickin' your devil of a needle into me?’ 1884 Northern Echo 11 Mar. 4/2 A faction was a number of men allied together for the furtherance of some interest, and—well, the dickens take the principle. 1936 Referee (Sydney) 23 July 1/2 Before Mr. Broughton's time, the bruisers of England were content to exchange blow for blow, and the dickens take the breakages of nose, rib, and jaw. < as lemmas |
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