| 单词 | make a virginia fence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a Virginia fence c. Phrases: chiefly U.S. (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence: (to be) undecided in opinion, or neutral in action. (to be) on a person's, the other side of the fence: (to be) on his side, on the side opposed to him. to descend on the right side of the fence: to take the side of the winner. to mend (or look after) one's fences, of a member of Congress: to renew contact with the electors; also, by extension, to make one's peace (with a person). to put one's horse at a fence: to spur him on to leap it. to make a Virginia fence: ‘to walk like a drunken man’ (Lowell Biglow Papers Introd.). over the fence (Australian and New Zealand colloquial), see quot. 1941. See also to rush one's fences at rush v.2 Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [adjective] suspensec1440 suspensed1526 on hovec1540 ambiguous1550 staggeringa1577 suspended1576 in suspense1583 halting1585 suspensory1611 suspensive1614 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1828 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [adjective] > taking neutral stance neuter1494 neutral1494 neuter1525 indifferenta1538 neuterlike1556 neutralizing1602 neutralist1648 colourless1793 achromatic1799 uncommitted1814 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1828 non-committal1829 non-partisan1843 whitey-brown1892 middle of the road1894 neutralistic1914 value-free1916 value-neutral1929 middle road1951 non-aligned1954 unaligned1961 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > be unbiased [verb (intransitive)] > be neutral to stand neuter1548 to swim between two waters (occasionally also streams)1553 neutrize1609 mediate1612 neutralize1642 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1830 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > be in suspense [verb (intransitive)] > suspend judgement or action suspend1585 to leave in the midst1609 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1830 wait for it1930 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] haltc825 flecchec1300 waverc1315 flickerc1325 wag1387 swervea1400 floghter1521 stacker1526 to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530 wave1532 stagger1533 to hang in the wind1536 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 mammer1554 sway1563 dodge1568 erch1584 suspend1585 float1598 swag1608 hoverc1620 hesitate1623 vacillate1623 fluctuate1634 demur1641 balance1656 to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674 to stand shall I, shall I1674 to go shill-I shall-I1700 to stand at shilly-shally1700 to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734 whiffle1737 dilly-dally1740 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751 oscillate1771 shilly-shally1782 dacker1817 librate1822 humdrum1825 swing1833 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848 to back and fill1854 haver1866 wobble1867 shaffle1873 dicker1879 to be on the weigh-scales1886 waffle1894 to think twice1898 to teeter on the brink1902 dither1908 vagulate1918 pern1920 society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > join or form a party or take sides [verb (intransitive)] to stand in1555 to fall ina1568 partialize1592 side1609 party1656 to take (also hold) sides1700 (to be) on a person's, the other side of the fence1852 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (intransitive)] > take someone's part party1586 seconda1609 to take sides1719 (to be) on a person's, the other side of the fence1852 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > on the opposing side (to be) on a person's, the other side of the fence1868 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > make (a horse) leap > put at fence to put one's horse at a fence1887 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [verb (intransitive)] > renew contact as representative to mend (or look after) one's fences1888 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or heed [verb (intransitive)] > take care > attend to one's interests to mend (or look after) one's fences1889 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > join a successful enterprise to descend on the right side of the fence1891 to climb, hop, jump, etc., on the bandwagon1899 society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > join or form a party or take sides [verb (intransitive)] > specific to descend on the right side of the fence1891 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [verb (intransitive)] > electioneer > by specific method to mend (or look after) one's fences1906 pensioneer1959 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > become at peace with each other [verb (intransitive)] > be reconciled to or come to agreement with another to make peacea1350 compoundc1547 temporize1587 adjust1612 composea1616 accommodate1642 redintegrate1655 to come to1709 to split the difference1713 arrange1796 to mend (or look after) one's fences1959 1737 B. Franklin Drinkers Dict. in Pennsylvania Gaz. 6–13 Jan. 2/1 He makes Virginia Fence. 1828 Richmond Whig 13 Aug. 1/5 There are certain Administration Editors, Editors for a long time on the fence, who occasionally undertake..to sit as censors upon their fatigued and dusty brethren. 1829 R. C. Sands Writings (1834) II. 160 Mr. Spratt..was ‘on the fence’; where, like a wise man, he determined to sit, until he had made up his mind on which side to get off. 1830 Annals of Cleveland No. 316 Now all would-but-dare-not-be-politicians who insist in sitting on the fence, will be amerced a penalty for the same. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. iv. 53 A man represents Not the fellers that sent him, but them on the fence. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. vi. 71 It's allers best to stand Missis' side the fence. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. ii. i. 67 I mean a kin' o' hangin' roun' an' settin' on the fence. 1863 J. G. Holland Lett. to Joneses v. 80 Any man who would stand upon the fence. 1868 J. T. Trowbridge Three Scouts in Beeton's Boys' Ann. Suppl. i. 4 I judge your sympathies are more on t'other side of the secession fence than on ours. 1887 A. Lang Myth, Ritual & Relig. II. 350 Mr. Morgan..puts his hobby at its highest fence. 1888 Congress. Rec. 16 Aug. 7646/1 [They] are at home seeking renomination or looking after their fences. 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Mend fences, to (American), to mend or repair fences for a man is to attend to his interests. 1891 Salisbury in Guardian 28 Jan. 158/2 They gently descended on the right side of the fence. 1906 Forum Apr. 444 An early adjournment of the session is deemed essential in order that the members may go home to mend their fences, as the saying is. 1917 A. Huxley Let. 3 Aug. (1969) 132 As Dean Inge said early in this war, ‘God is sitting on the fence and it is perfectly uncertain on which side He will come down.’ 1918 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 19 July 276/1 ‘It's over the blooming fence,’ he announced... ‘These..bounds. First they put Paris Plage out of bounds.’ 1925 A. Huxley Let. 16 Sept. (1969) 253 We shall be looking at things mostly from the Indian side of the fence. 1927 Daily Express 8 Sept. 2/4 The French delegation, which has hitherto been sitting on the fence, has suddenly become exceedingly active. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier xii. 243 The fence on which the literary gent sits..is now pinching his bottom intolerably. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 28 Over the fence, unreasonable, beyond the pale of common-sense or justice. 1949 N. Balchin Sort of Traitors iv. 81 You fight all your life for something and then before you know where you are you're on the other side of the fence fighting against it. 1959 Spectator 21 Aug. 213/3 It is a pity we have not mended our fences with Colonel Nasser. 1966 Times 11 May 13/1 There are still fences to be mended and fingers to be kept in pies. 1970 ‘W. Haggard’ Hardliners viii. 85 It was a thousand pities that Bull's predecessor had been so stupid... There were fences to be mended here and Albert Bull intended to mend them. to make a Virginia fence Virginia fence n. a rail fence made in a zig-zag manner; to make a Virginia fence (see quot. 1861). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unsteadily wiggle?c1225 walter1399 falterc1400 stammerc1400 dotterc1475 stavera1500 stumblea1500 reel1529 scamblec1571 halper1596 totter1602 folder1607 wamble1611 to make a Virginia fence1671 wandle1686 fribble1709 rock1718 stoit1719 stoiter1724 swagger1724 doddle1761 stotter1781 toit1786 doiter1793 stot1801 dodder1819 twaddle1823 teeter1844 shoggle1884 welter1884 warple1887 whemmel1895 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > zig-zag fence Virginia fence1671 worm-fence1724 snake-fence1805 1671 Portsmouth (Rhode Island) Rec. 26 Apr. For a ffence called a Virginia ffence, It is ordered that it shall be fower foot and a halfe high, stakt with stakes halfe a foot above the fence. 1737 B. Franklin Drinkers Dict. in Pennsylvania Gaz. 6–13 Jan. 2/1 He [being drunk] makes Virginia Fence. 1789 T. Anburey Trav. Interior Parts Amer. II. 324 The New Englanders have a saying when a man is in liquor, he is making Virginia fences. 1826 T. Flint Recoll. Last Ten Years 206 The universal fence split rails, laid in a worm trail, or what is known in the North by the name of Virginia fence. 1844 P. H. Gosse in Zoologist 2 708 The fences, which are almost wholly made of rails set up in the zig-zag fashion so general in the north, commonly called a Virginia fence. 1861 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. in Poet. Wks. (1912) Introd., 285 ‘Virginia fence, to make a:’ to walk like a drunken man. < as lemmas |
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