| 单词 | off the hinges |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff the hinges off the hinges, †out of (the) hinges: unhinged; out of order; in (or into) disorder, physical or moral. Cf. out of harre at harre n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > in disorder [phrase] at or on six and sevenOE out of kinda1375 out of rulea1387 out of tonea1400 out of joint1415 out of nockc1520 out of tracea1529 out of order1530 out of tune1535 out of square1555 out of kilter1582 off the hinges?1608 out of (the) hinges?1608 in, out of gear1814 out of gearing1833 off the rails1848 on the bumc1870 ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. xiv. 62 The wisest and best Poets doe loue sometimes to play the foole, and to leape out of the hindges. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Hallebrené Sad, crest-fallen, heauie-looking, drooping; off the hindges, cleane out of heart. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xxx. 103 All businesses here are off the hinges. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. xix. 80 We are..out of Tune, and off the Hinges. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) at Hinges ‘To be off t' hinges.’ To be out of health. < as lemmas |
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