| 单词 | not to be worth a rush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to be worth a rush P2. As the type of something of little or no value or importance, chiefly in negative constructions as not to care a rush, not to be worth a rush, not to matter a rush, etc. Cf. the value of a rush at Phrases 3, a rush for —— at Phrases 4. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless hawc1000 turdc1275 fille1297 dusta1300 lead1303 skitc1330 naught1340 vanityc1340 wrakea1350 rushc1350 dirt1357 fly's wing1377 goose-wing1377 fartc1390 chaff?a1400 nutshella1400 shalec1400 yardc1400 wrack1472 pelfrya1529 trasha1529 dreg1531 trish-trash1542 alchemy1547 beggary?1548 rubbish1548 pelfa1555 chip1556 stark naught1562 paltry?1566 rubbish1566 riff-raff1570 bran1574 baggage1579 nihil1579 trush-trash1582 stubblea1591 tartar1590 garbage1592 bag of winda1599 a cracked or slit groat1600 kitchen stuff1600 tilta1603 nothing?1608 bauble1609 countera1616 a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop1620 buttermilk1630 dross1632 paltrement1641 cattle1643 bagatelle1647 nothingness1652 brimborion1653 stuff1670 flap-dragon1700 mud1706 caput mortuuma1711 snuff1778 twaddle1786 powder-post1790 traffic1828 junk1836 duffer1852 shice1859 punk1869 hogwash1870 cagmag1875 shit1890 tosh1892 tripe1895 dreck1905 schlock1906 cannon fodder1917 shite1928 skunk1929 crut1937 chickenshit1938 crud1943 Mickey Mouse1958 gick1959 garbo1978 turd1978 pants1994 c1350 in London Mediaeval Stud. (1951) 2 45 (MED) Al my Rout ryot nys nout wor a ruch. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 2853 (MED) I sette slep noght at a risshe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21441 O ranscun namar þan a ress [rhyme flesche; Gött. rish], Wald he of her. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 131 To be cursid in constorie heo countiþ not a risshe [v.rr. Russche, resche; B. russhe; v.rr. reische; bene]. a1450 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 271 (MED) Boy, thou art not worght a reych! a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 1680 (MED) Of al his payne he wold not sett a rissh. 1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. xciv He should then bee hable to matche with theim well inough, and not to care a rushe for theim. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 15 To be able to raise taulke, and make discourse of euerie rishe. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 423 It forceth not of a rush what you do there. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vi. iii. 117 Night-walking sprites,..esteeme them not twoo rushes. 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir ii. sig. F I weigh thee not a rush. 1630 G. Hakewill Apologie (ed. 2) iv. i. 296 They esteme not worth a rush any of our actions or manners. 1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified ix. 194 Whose unjust Iudgement we doe not value a rush. 1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 9 Mar. (1948) II. 635 People will grumble, but Ld Tr cares not a rush. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xvi. 94 He did not mind it a rush. 1785 G. Cartwright Labrador 11 When night comes on, it matters not a rush, Whether you sleep in this, or t'other bush. 1848 J. Grant Adventures Aide-de-camp xxiv He would not value his ducats..a rush. 1858 A. Lincoln in W. H. Herndon Life Lincoln (1892) II. 116 Not one of them is worth a rush if you deny it. 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius vii Claudius did not care a rush whether the night were beautiful or otherwise. 1901 S. Baring-Gould Royal Georgie ii. 15 What were they to him but a set of ignorant clodhoppers whose opinion he did not value at a rush. 1919 H. Trench Napoleon ii. iii. 53 Not one map here of the English shore is worth a rush. 1936 J. Buchan Island of Sheep i. ii. 22 Peter John..didn't care a rush for the public-school spirit. 2008 M. Cox Glass of Time ii. xi. 180 It matters not a rush, sir. < as lemmas |
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