| 单词 | a peg to hang on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa peg to hang (an idea, opinion, etc.) on 4. An occasion, pretext, excuse, or theme (for something). Esp. in a peg to hang (an idea, opinion, etc.) on.news peg: see news n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > motive > specious motive or pretext > for a discourse, opinion, etc. a peg to hang (an idea, opinion, etc.) on1812 1812 J. Nott in T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. (new ed.) 30 The remark of a St. James's-street chairman,..that ‘a crust of bread and cheese was an excellent peg to hang a pot of porter upon’. 1852 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 24–5 July (1954) II. 50 The publishing world seems utterly stagnant—nothing coming out which would do as a peg for an article. 1891 Lancet 3 Oct. 750 The chief use of a fact is as a peg to hang a thought on. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Feb. 174/3 Dr Hacking uses this theme as a series of pegs on which to hang his discussions of particular authors' philosophies of language. 1992 Spy (N.Y.) June 16/1 Brokaw wanted to use the incident as a peg for a finished piece about Democratic infighting. < as lemmas |
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