| 单词 | hairy at the heel |
| 释义 | > as lemmashairy at (about, in, round) the heel(s) (fetlocks) c. hairy at (about, in, round) the heel(s) (fetlocks): deficient in breeding. So hairy-heeled adj., and simple hairy, in the same sense. slang. Cf. hair n. Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred foul-itowenc1225 villain1340 villainous?a1366 lewdc1380 ungentle1398 low-bred1599 ill-bred1622 unbred1622 underbred1650 unjaunty1671 ungenteel1676 half-bred1694 ingenteel1694 cocktail1835 mal élevé1878 hairy at the heel1890 1890 R. L. Stevenson Memories & Portraits 100 That hairy man of business knew his errand well. 1899 A. Conan Doyle Duet 212 I couldn't stand that chap at any price. A bit too hairy in the fetlocks for my taste. 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill xii The Rev. Septimus scowled also, because he had always maintained that any Harrovian could accept defeat like a gentleman... ‘I always said he was hairy at the heel.’ 1906 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 9 I would join you and cry Viva Pio Nono! with the hairiest. 1922 J. Buchan Huntingtower xi. 213 I can't say I ever liked him... Bit hairy about the heels. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 488/2 He took refuge in..the display..of an honest but slightly hairy heel. 1928 Observer 22 Jan. 10/7 (advt.) There is an Atlantic [locomotive] over there..—a bit hairy about the heel.., but quite sporting on gradients. 1930 A. E. W. Mason Dean's Elbow xi What would those people say..if they knew? Hairy-heeled, eh? 1962 N. Marsh Hand in Glove ii. 47 I always say that when people start fussing about family and all that, it's because they're a bit hairy round the heels themselves. < as lemmas |
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