| 单词 | in low water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (also at) low water 2. figurative. in (also at) low water: in a wretched or sorry state; esp. in financial difficulties, ‘hard up’. Cf. low tide n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > in impoverished state [phrase] to the boneOE to be out at elbow(sa1616 in (also at) low water1785 down on the knuckle-bone1883 (down) on one's uppers1886 on the rocks1889 down and out1901 on the outer1915 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Low tide or Low water, when there is no money in a man's pocket. 1813 D. W. Paynter Godfrey Ranger II. viii. 132 I wish I could send you more; but to tell you the truth, I am but in low water at present. 1885 Chambers's Jrnl. 21 Feb. 125/2 Law-breakers..who, having been ‘put away’, and done their time, found themselves in low water upon their return to the outer world. 1886 M. E. Braddon Mohawks I. iv. 94 His lordship was in low water financially. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxxvii. 195 He came to know which of the clients must be treated with respect and which were in low water. 1950 Z. N. Hurston in Sat. Evening Post 18 Mar. 120/2 We had been there when times was extra good, and I didn't aim to tear out and leave Miz' Celestine by herself at low water. 2003 D. J. Taylor Orwell xii. 240 Professionally, too, Orwell was in low water, his career afflicted by poor sales and a temporary falling-out with his publisher. < as lemmas |
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