| 单词 | a plague on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa plague on—— 5. In various imprecations or exclamations, as a plague take——, a plague on——; what the plague——, etc.In recent use, often quoting or echoing Romeo & Juliet (quot. a1616). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > imprecations woeOE dahetc1290 confoundc1330 foul (also shame) fall ——c1330 sorrow on——c1330 in the wanianda1352 wildfirea1375 evil theedomc1386 a pestilence on (also upon)c1390 woe betide you (also him, her, etc.)c1390 maldathaita1400 murrainc1400 out ona1415 in the wild waning worldc1485 vengeance?a1500 in a wanion1549 with a wanion1549 woe worth1553 a plague on——a1566 with a wanion to?c1570 with a wanyand1570 bot1584 maugre1590 poxa1592 death1593 rot1594 rot on1595 cancro1597 pax1604 pize on (also upon)1605 vild1605 peascod1606 cargo1607 confusion1608 perditiona1616 (a) pest upon1632 deuce1651 stap my vitals1697 strike me blind, dumb, lucky (if, but—)1697 stop my vitals1699 split me (or my windpipe)1700 rabbit1701 consume1756 capot me!1760 nick me!1760 weary set1788 rats1816 bad cess to1859 curse1885 hanged1887 buggeration1964 a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Hiij A plague take Damon and Pithias. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. ii. 37 What a plague meane ye to colt me thus? View more context for this quotation 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. G2 Nay by the masse, we hadde tickling cheere Sibil, and how the plague dost thou and mistris Rose, and my L. Mayor? a1616 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet (1623) iii. i. 91 Help me..Or I shall faint: a plague a both your houses [1599 a both houses]. 1637 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Britain 412 Now the Plague & the Poxe light on such a device. 1682 J. Dryden in T. Southerne Loyal Brother Prol. sig. A3 Both pretend love, and both (Plague rot 'em) hate. 1713 A. Pope Narr. Robert Norris 17 Plague on't! I am damnably afraid..he is mad in earnest. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iv. 49 What the plague do you send me of your fool's errand for? 1798 J. S. Murray Virtue Triumphant ii. ii, in Gleaner III. 36 Here you, Molly, William! Where the plague are you both? 1836 J. M. Wilson Tales II. 162 What the plague's been the matter the nicht? 1870 tr. E. Erckmann & P. A. Chatrian Waterloo Blockade Phalsburg in C. Gibbon Casquet of Lit. 116 There he is come back worse than ever—plague on him. 1888 W. E. Gladstone Diary 6 Feb. (1994) XII. 97 Acton framed for me a sentiment for the Grand Duchess's Book! Plague on all such books. 1932 R. Macaulay They were Defeated i. vi. 41 She was brought to bed of a bastard while I was there, and plague take it if one of Mr. Dell's jackals didn't come prowling around. 1991 World Press Rev. July 17/1 When horror becomes pornographic, it is but a short step to switching channels and thinking: a plague on all their houses. < as lemmas |
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