| 单词 | over the shoulder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasover the shoulder b. over the shoulder, †over (the) shoulders: †(a) indicating that what is said is meant ironically for the reverse; ‘over the left’; (b) said of a remark aimed indirectly at some one. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adverb] sidelings?a1400 covertlyc1400 impliedlyc1449 by implicationa1575 implicatelya1575 implicatively1579 over the shoulder1596 interpretatively1602 implicitly1610 indirectly1613 insinuatively1617 enfoldedly1624 involvedly1624 tacitly1635 tacidly1640 by interpretation1692 adumbratively1753 inexplicitly1776 interpretively1867 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adverb] > ironically ironiously1532 ironice1534 ironically1535 over (the) shoulders1596 (a) (b)1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. vii. 105 That which may be called criticism over the shoulder.1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O2v By these complots.. Wolfe could not choose but bee a huge gainer, a hundred marke at least ouer the shoulder. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Espaule Par dessus l'espaule, ouer the shoulder,..and hence; Riche, ou vertueux, par dessus l'espaule; (signifies) a verie begger, or, an arrant knaue. 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature x. §1. 74 They prove not bread unto them, as they thought, but Huskes which they thought not: they gaine over shoulders by them, when all their Cards are cast. 1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo iii. 194 I think our Author has either lost money by his Discourse, or got it over the shoulders. < as lemmas |
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