| 单词 | into the grave of hell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinto the grave of hell d. In various figurative and proverbial expressions. †into the grave of hell: into the lowest depth. secret as the grave: kept as a close secret. to make a person turn in his or her grave: said fancifully or hyperbolically of the effect of something which was abhorrent to the person in his or her lifetime. some one is walking over my grave (see quot. 1868). one foot in the grave (see foot n. and int. Phrases 7a) to dig the grave of: to cause the ruin, downfall, end of (a person or thing). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adverb] > towards hell into the grave of hellc1585 devilward1632 hellwards1662 hellward1885 the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > expression of physical symptoms [phrase] > I shudder with fear (it) grises mec1200 it grues mec1460 some one is walking over my grave1738 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > most lockedOE severe1735 secret as the grave1832 hiddenmost1892 the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > disgust or excite repugnance [verb] to turn (a person's) stomach1549 revolt1834 to make a person turn in his or her grave1888 to turn off1966 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 c1585 T. Cartwright in R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 88 It shoulde followe that that assembly..shoulde from the hyest heauen fall into the graue of hell. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 84 Miss [shuddering.] Lord! there's somebody walking over my Grave. 1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher I. viii. 165 The correspondence I kept as secret as the grave. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn (1860) xxxi. 268 Sometimes somebody would walk over my grave, and give me a creeping in the back. 1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice xiv. 77 Joan shuddered —that..convulsive shudder which old wives say is caused by a footstep walking over the place of our grave that shall be. 1883 Harper's Mag. Apr. 768/1 Somebody's walking over your grave, they say, when you feel so. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xii. 159 Jefferson might turn in his grave if he knew of such an attempt to introduce European distinctions of rank into his democracy. 1934 F. S. Fitzgerald Let. 8 Dec. (1963) 397 Of course any apologia is necessarily a whine to some extent; a man digs his own grave and should, presumably, lie in it. 1963 Listener 31 Jan. 207/2 The delegation called for the convening of a conference next month to ‘dig the grave’ of the Federation. < as lemmas |
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