| 单词 | out on one's ear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout on one's ear l. out on one's ear: dismissed, ejected ignominiously. ΚΠ 1887 Bulletin (Sydney) 29 Oct. 9/4 A patent-medicine man bearded the O'Kane in his den the other day to complain that he had been libelled. He was thrown out ‘on his ear’. 1914 R. D. Paine Wall Between ix. 186 And where am I to look for him without risk of being shot or hurled out on my ear? 1951 M. Kennedy Lucy Carmichael vi. ii. 294 If I pipe down and give no trouble I'm safe. If not, I'll be out on my ear. 1953 J. Trench Docken Dead ix. 129 I'm going to throw the sleuth out on his ear. 2005 C. Cleave Incendiary 6 Whenever I could squeeze a fiver out of the shopping money I used to stash it under the carpet just in case my husband blew everything one day and they chucked us out on our ear. < as lemmas |
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