| 单词 | out of hock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout of hock in (occasionally the) hock: (a) in the act (of gambling); (b) in prison; (c) in pawn; (d) in debt. So occasionally out of hock. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > in action [phrase] > in the act with the deedc1450 in the act (of)1555 to catch a person in the fact1712 in (occasionally the) hock1859 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adverb] > in prison in1574 in (occasionally the) hock1859 on ice1931 upstate1934 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [phrase] > in pawn at pawn1431 in pop1819 in (occasionally the) hock1859 on the shelf1859 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [phrase] > in the act in (occasionally the) hock1859 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [phrase] > in pawn > out of or retrieved from pawn out of hock1898 society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adverb] in debtc1330 in, upon, on (the) score1568 in the red1907 in (occasionally the) hock1913 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 113 When one gambler is caught by another, smarter than himself, and is beat, then he is in hock. Men are only caught, or put in hock, on the race-tracks, or on the steamboats down South... Among thieves a man is in hock, when he is in prison... ‘If the cove should be caught in the hock he won't snickle,’ if the fellow should be caught in the act, he would not tell. 1860 ‘C. Martel’ Detective's Note-bk. 36 In about ten minutes from that time we had them ‘in hock’ (the cells). 1872 G. P. Burnham Mem. U.S. Secret Service p. vi In the hock, in the act of commission; on the spot. 1883 H. C. Lukens Jets & Flashes 146 We deeply regret that our india-rubber armor is in hock. 1896 G. Ade Artie xviii. 169 They go back home and leave all their stuff in hock. 1898 J. London Let. 30 Nov. (1966) 7 I..got my watch out of hock. 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel xxiii I felt..ef they did git Jimmy out o' hock..without me a-chippin' in, I'd never be able to look at 'em without remorse. 1903 A. H. Lewis Boss 31 Well..even a crook has got to go somewhere. That is,..when he ain't in hock. 1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock vii. 141 He made me feel that I was doing him a favour in consenting to have my evening clothes taken out of hock. 1911 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Days xiii. 141 I said pound, not pond. P-O-U-N-D; which means that it's pawned, in hock. 1913 C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy vii. 118 If the four lay under the Queen, Cassidy lost; if not, he either won or was in hock. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xxiv. 390 I was in hock to friends who saved me from a heavy sentence, provided me with work [etc.]. 1929 Collier's 5 Jan. 40/4 My cash was gone, and I was in hock for the next three years. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues i. 10 She worked her way out of hock in the hospital and took me home to her folks. 1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 89 In hock constantly, humorous expression for the financial condition of any owner-operator who has a tractor manufactured by International Harvester Company. < as lemmas |
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