| 单词 | on the rocks |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the rocks Phrases P1. of the old (also new) rock: (of a precious stone) of the highest (least) authenticity and value. Now only in extended use. [Originally after Dutch †van de oude rootse and †van de nieuwe rootse respectively (1595 in the passage and in the source translated in quot. 1598, respectively). Compare French de la vieille roche (1653 with reference to God, in extended use), de vieille roche (1683 with reference to high-quality turquoise). The English phrase with new is unparalleled in French until considerably later (compare French de la nouvelle roche: 1871 (in Littré) or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [adjective] > quality noblea1393 femalea1398 malea1398 orientc1400 fine-cut1598 of the old (also new) rock1598 watered1624 occidental1747 semi-precious1905 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xc. 139/1 If there be an Espinell of the old rocke [Du. vande oude Rootse], which in kind and qualitie is good, being perfect in all parts with a very good table, and were to bee compared with a Diamond of one Quilate, it would bee worth 40. duckets. 1669 R. Boyle Of Absolute Rest in Bodies 19 in Certain Physiol. Ess. (ed. 2) They be of a peculiar sort of Diamonds whose nature it is to be always softer than those of the old Rock. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 34 Diamonds of both Rocks, the Old and New. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Turcoise There are Turcoises..of the new Rock and the old... Those of the old Rock are a deep blue, and those of the new Rock more whitish. 1763 H. Walpole Let. 12 Nov. in Corr. (1941) X. 109 Sir Michael Foster is dead, a Whig of the old rock. 1791 Monthly Rev. Feb. 180 If he should write with the heaviness of the Italian antiquaries, and of many book-makers of the old rock, [etc.]. 1820 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Jan. 27/1 It ought to be of the old rock; for we find it very seldom in commerce. 1886 Eclectic Mag. Sept. 397/1 These true-born Britons of the old rock are now but strangers and outcasts in the land. 1929 Times 25 Nov. 8/4 His son, William Smith, was a Radical of the old rock. 1998 D. Graham Giant Country 115 Dobie, Webb, and Bedichek were men, as Dobie would have said, ‘out of the old rock.’ P2. In similative phrases. a. as hard as (a) rock. Cf. rock-hard adj. at Compounds 1e. ΚΠ 1597 R. Tofte Laura i. xxxix. sig. B7v Her hart by th'other's made..Hard as a rocke, and senselesse as a stone. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xix. 341 Instantly down fell the heart of great Prince Henry, which (though as hard as rock) the breath of Justice did easily shake. 1780 Monthly Rev. Feb. 113 The barrel..is partly covered with a thick incrustation of shells, mixed with gravel and sand, and hard as a rock. 1858 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 19 i. 186 It [sc. the soil] is all exceedingly sticky when wet, and, if ploughed in that state, turns up in large masses, which as they dry become hard as rock. 1914 Times 22 Apr. 7/3 The frozen meat leaves the New Zealand works as hard as a rock but softens slightly during the process of handling. 2001 J. Gregory in Once upon Rose 148 Lucius continued speaking, his eyes grim and hard as rock. b. as steady as a rock. Cf. rock-steady adj. ΚΠ 1623 J. Hayward Davids Teares (new ed.) 302 Euen when your case seemeth desperate and forlorne, euen vnto death stand steadie as a rocke, and trust in the Lord. a1646 J. Burroughes Expos. upon 8th, 9th & 10th Chapters Hosea (1650) 413 The faithfulness of God is steady as a Rock. 1782 R. Griffith Variety 56 For you, I am sure, are as steady as a rock, both in love and war. 1865 J. B. Harwood Lady Flavia xiv The hand that held the candle was as steady as a rock. 1921 A. D. Miller Manslaughter iii. 47 Lydia seemed as steady as a rock—not a trace of excitement in her look. 2008 B. Kane Forgotten Legion (2009) iv. 57 It took immense strength to hold the bow at full draw, but the barbed arrow tip remained steady as a rock. c. as solid as a rock. Cf. rock-solid adj. at Compounds 1e. ΚΠ 1612 W. Shute tr. G. Du Vair Holy Medit. 338 Graunt that the foundation of my faith may bee as firme and solid as a rock.] 1682 T. S. 2nd Pt. Pilgrims Progress 91 The Old Heart which was taken out of him was a perfect Stone, as solid as a Rock, and as hard as the neather Milstone. 1722 Bibliotheca Biblica II. xiii. 168 Is not a Foundation or Postulatum, thus Laid, a very Strong One, Solid as a Rock and Firm as the Pillars of the World? 1877 Times 15 Oct. 6/4 All was found right and tight, the fastenings of the stone as solid as a rock. 1922 R. M. Jones Boy Jesus & his Compan. viii. 105 He promised Simon that instead of being fickle and weak and impulsive he should become as solid as a rock. 1999 D. Cruise & A. Griffiths Working the Land iv. 230 David hefts the offering. Solid as a rock—frozen too hard to pry open. P3. rock of ages n. (a) (with capital initials) God or Christ (b) [rhyming slang] wages.In sense (a) with allusion to the use in quot. 1611. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > of manual workers rock of ages1635 wage1776 wage1776 greengage1931 wage packet1951 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxvi. 4 Trust ye in the Lord for euer: for in the Lord Iehouah is euerlasting strength. [margin] Heb. the rocke of ages.] 1635 J. Sibbald Holinesse to Lord in Funerals P. Forbes 143 God, the Rocke of Ages, dwelt in his Soule. 1659 O. Walker Περιαμμα Ἐπιδήμιον 66 They split presently against the Rock of Ages, considered as Man, who might support them considered as God. 1744 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) i. 63 Hell in vain against us rages. Can it shock Christ the Rock Of eternal Ages! 1776 A. M. Toplady Psalms & Hymns cccxxxvii. 308 Rock of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee! 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table v It is the material image of the Christian; his heart resting on the Rock of Ages. 1922 W. J. Bryan In His Image iv. 93 It is better to trust in the Rock of Ages, than to know the age of the rocks; it is better for one to know that he is close to the Heavenly Father, than to know how far the stars in the heavens are apart. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 702/2 Rock of ages, wages. 1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry x. 89 If there's no rock of ages (wages), there may well be a bull an' cow (row). 2003 Sunday Express (Nexis) 11 May 20 Between you and me, the rude ones are often the best but this is a family newspaper so I'll try to keep it clean or the editor will stop my rock of ages. P4. rock and rye n. U.S. (a) a drink made with rye whisky, bitters, and rock candy, often taken as a cold remedy; (b) (also with capital initials) a bottled liqueur based on rye whisky, flavoured with citrus, usually having a piece of rock candy in the bottle.In sense (b) a proprietary name in the United Kingdom. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > other whiskies peat-reek1792 Monongahela1805 rye?1808 corn1820 small-still (whisky)1822 bald-face1840 corn-whiskey1843 raw1844 Bourbon1846 sod corn1857 valley tan1860 straight1862 forty-rod whisky1863 rock and rye1878 sour-mash1885 grain-whisky1887 forty rod lightning1889 Suntory1942 Wild Turkey1949 mash1961 pot still1994 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > liqueur > [noun] > kinds of rosa solis1564 rose wine1603 rose of solace1604 ros solis1607 ratafia1670 brandy-cherrya1687 cherry-brandy1686 kernel-water1706 cherry cordial1710 visney1733 walnut-water1747 aniseed1749 maraschino1770 noyau1787 rosolio1796 cherry-bounce1798 absinthe1803 Parfait Amour1805 curaçao1813 ginger cordial1813 citronelle1818 pine1818 crèmea1821 alkermes1825 Goldwasser1826 citronella1834 anisette1837 goldwater1849 crème de cassis1851 Van der Hum1861 chocolate liqueur1864 kümmel1864 chartreuse1866 pimento dram1867 Trappistine1877 green muse1878 rock and rye1878 Benedictine1882 liqueur brandy1882 mandarin1882 green1889 Drambuie1893 advocaat1895 Grand Marnier1900 green fairy1902 green peril1905 cassis1907 Strega1910 quetsch1916 cointreau1920 anis1926 Izarra1926 Southern Comfort1934 amaro1945 Tia Maria1948 amaretto1969 Sabra1970 sambuca1971 Midori1978 limoncello1993 1878 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Sentinel 12 Aug. Pat tapped his rock and rye. 1920 Daily Capital News (Jefferson City, Missouri) 10 Feb. 5/3 Proclaimed by the common people as ten times as quick and effective as whiskey, rock and rye, or any other cough and cold remedy they have tried. 1938 Washington Post 29 Jan. 15/7 (advt.) Genuine crystallized Rock and Rye in the crystal bottle. With fine whiskies; rock candy—lemon pineapple—etc. 1948 F. Brown Murder can be Fun (1951) iii. 44 A slug or two of rock and rye won't hurt you. 1996 Herald (Rock Hill, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 22 July 1 c Some of the older folks come in and get the corn liquor to make the cough syrup, or Rock and Rye for colds. P5. on the rocks. a. (a) Short of money, destitute, bankrupt; (b) (esp. of a marriage or relationship) experiencing difficulties, in danger of failing. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > in impoverished state [phrase] to the boneOE to be out at elbow(sa1616 in (also at) low water1785 down on the knuckle-bone1883 (down) on one's uppers1886 on the rocks1889 down and out1901 on the outer1915 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > [adjective] > on the point of dissolution on the rocks1889 1889 A. G. Murdoch Sc. Readings 3rd Ser. 101 Fork out, for I'm fair on the rocks. 1918 Stars & Stripes 5 Apr. 8/1 Tom..empties his pockets to show that he is financially on the rocks. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses 573 I wouldn't ask you, only, pursued he, on my solemn oath and God knows I'm on the rocks. 1932 Brevities (N.Y.) 11 July 3 Great Nissen and Weldon Nissen, married two months, are on the rocks already. 1958 E. Wilson in N.Y. Post 1 June 2/3 [His] headlined romance..is now reported on the rocks. 2004 Independent 3 Mar. (Review section) 12/1 Written while the singer's marriage was on the rocks, Blood on the Tracks is the most personal album of his career. 2008 J. Kroger Convictions xvi. 381 Lay was informed by his senior staff that the company was on the rocks. b. Originally U.S. Of an alcoholic drink: served with ice. Cf. sense 6h. on-the-rocks glass n. = rocks glass n. at Compounds 2a(a). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [adjective] > with ice on the rocks1949 1949 Life 14 Nov. 63 Ordering a Scotch on the rocks at the bar. 1953 N.Y. Times 14 June 61 (advt.) On-the-rocks glasses by Hickok. 1955 J. B. Priestley & J. Hawkes Journey down Rainbow 220 They all drank a lot of whisky-on-the-rocks. 1989 V. Glendinning Grown-ups vi. 67 He ordered a Scotch on the rocks from room service. 1990 San Diego Union 28 June (Food section) 27 Serve in graceful wine glasses, stout on-the-rocks glasses or in the fanciful plastic cocktail glasses. 1999 Bon Appétit Feb. 56/3 Original Canton liqueur from China, with its pungent ginger and honey flavors, is delightful on the rocks or even teamed with a bit of malt whisky. P6. colloquial (originally U.S.). to have rocks in one's head and variants: to be very stupid or crazy. ΚΠ 1892 Los Angeles Times 2 June 8/2 Don't you pay any attention to that Chronicle paper. The fellow who writes that has got little rocks in his head. 1943 T. Moore Sky is my Witness xv. 104 Whoever told you to tell it to the Marines must have had rocks in his head. 1959 Daily Capital News (Jefferson City, Missouri) 13 Nov. 1/4 Governor..you may think I've got rocks in my head. 1977 G. Woods Bloody Harvest 163 Christ it's cold. Anyone who walks the streets just to fool the guys must have rocks in his head. 2008 Canberra Times (Nexis) 2 Dec. a7 You'd have to have rocks in your head to fly in one let alone fight a war in one. P7. Rocks and Shoals n. [with reference to the text of one of the articles, ‘Whosoever causes his ship to run upon rocks and shoals shall suffer the penalty a court martial shall adjudge’] U.S. Navy slang (now historical) (chiefly with the) the Articles for the Government of the United States Navy; (also) a reading of these, as part of Navy disciplinary regulations.The Articles for the Government of the United States Navy were replaced by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which applies to all branches of the U.S. military, in 1951. ΚΠ 1912 Our Navy (U.S.) Jan. 34 Some even made bold enough to show up at ‘Rocks and Shoals’ with their mugs chock-a-block with sticky joy. 1918 L. E. Ruggles Navy Explained 120 The crew would be called to attention and ‘uncover’ while the lengthy procedure of reading the ‘rocks and shoals’ took place. 1951 News (Newport, Rhode Island) 16 Feb. 18/2 The code, which applies to all armed forces, replaces..the revered ‘Rocks and Shoals’. 1978 H. Wouk War & Remembrance 335 It violated the first law of the Navy, gravely spelled out in Rocks and Shoals: never to withdraw from possible action; always to seek out a fight. 1997 C. Furey Going Back v. 83 There may even be Navy regulations forbidding such an action. I don't recall the chief ever mentioning it when he read Rocks and Shoals. P8. colloquial (originally U.S.) between a rock and a hard place: faced with two equally difficult alternatives; in difficulty.In quot. 1921: bankrupt. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > in a difficult position between the beetle and the block1590 between two fires1885 (crushed, etc.) between the upper and the nether millstones1902 between a rock and a hard place1921 in the middle1930 1921 Dial. Notes 5 113 To be between a rock and a hard place,..to be bankrupt. Common in Arizona in recent panics; sporadic in California. 1936 Washington Post 22 Aug. 4/3 I am between a rock and a hard place. 1959 L. Roberts Up Cutshin & Down Greasy v. 82 That was one time dad was between a rock and a hard place. 1976 T. Wolfe Mauve Gloves & Madmen 37 The dive brings you down so low, you are now down into the skeet range of that insidiously well-aimed flak! This, as they say, puts you between a rock and a hard place. 1996 New Yorker 15 Apr. 101/1 When Floyd's manager is jailed for an insurance scam, Floyd finds himself between a rock and a hard place. 2003 Yours Oct. 81/1 You are between a rock and a hard place. Of course you want to see your sister and spend time with her but..the time you have with her is really quite exhausting for you. P9. slang (originally U.S.) to get one's rocks off: to achieve sexual satisfaction; (in weakened sense) to obtain enjoyment. [Compare sense 6f.] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased [verb (intransitive)] > enjoy oneself to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1509 to have fun1760 to have a ball1879 to get one's rocks off1948 the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > ejaculate untap1622 spend1662 discharge1683 shoot1879 to get one's nuts offc1932 to get one's rocks off1948 pop1958 spaff1999 1948 Amer. Speech 23 249/1 Get your rocks off, an expression used to denote extreme enjoyment. 1953 W. Manchester City of Anger 368 In a glass house I wouldn't get my rocks off, if I was you. 1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp (1998) iii. 47 If you are going to tell me some broad is going to lay out five-hundred frog-skins to get her rocks off, say it. 1971 Frendz 5 Aug. 22/2 Get yer rocks off Seymour. OK. But there are limits. Surely. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xi. 205 I don't get my rocks off by humiliating myself, you know. 1984 P. Barker Blow your House Down vi. 31 That's the way he gets his rocks off. It isn't the tights, it's the thought of you getting lifted. 2001 J. Ellroy Cold Six Thousand xciv. 508 I'm not some Klan fuck who gets his rocks off bombing churches. P10. a shag on a rock: see shag n.2 b. P11. schooner on the rocks: schooner n.1 1b. < as lemmas |
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